Evaluation of the labrum on postoperative magnetic resonance images: a predictor of acetabular development in developmental dysplasia of the hip.
Tomonori TetsunagaTomoko TetsunagaHirofumi AkazawaKazuki YamadaTakayuki FurumatsuToshifumi OzakiPublished in: Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy (2021)
Normal cartilaginous acetabulum development occurs in childhood, and evaluation using only radiographs is difficult. However, labral-AI ⩾4° and labral-CE angle <37° on MRI at 5 years of age offer useful indications for corrective surgery in patients with DDH.