Potential mistakes in hip-joint sonography.

C Melzer; N Wülker

doi:10.1007/bf00440571

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Potential mistakes in hip-joint sonography.

C Melzer·N Wülker

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The growing propagation of hip-joint sonography and its increasing use as a screening method make it important to point out some potential mistakes. Good image quality, three-dimensional evaluation with real-time technique, consideration of form variants, correct estimation of angle parameters, consideration of medical history, and clinical evaluation as well as the necessity of follow-up examinations are inevitable requirements for reliable diagnostic sonography of the hip joint.

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C Melzer, N Wülker. 1990. Potential mistakes in hip-joint sonography.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00440571

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