The Diagnosis That Keeps Getting Missed: Adult Hip Dysplasia
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She was 25 and needed a hip replacement — how can we stop this happening?
Not the start to the week that I wanted.
One of my patients on Monday morning was just 25 years old. Chronic hip pain for over four years. Seen by multiple clinicians. Not picked up.
Hip dysplasia. Missed. Now progressed to severe osteoarthritis.
She’s missed the window for periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) surgery. Now she’s waiting for a hip replacement.
Twenty-five.
This case isn’t unique. And that’s precisely the problem. Kennedy et al…
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