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About 7.5% of hip replacements are done to treat problems which have arisen from hip dysplasia. [3] About 1 in 1,000 babies have hip dysplasia. [3] Hip instability of meaningful importance occurs in one to two percent of babies born at term. [3] Females are affected more often than males. [1]
A breech birth is when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first, as is normal. [1] Around 3–5% of pregnant women at term (37–40 weeks pregnant) have a breech baby. [2] Due to their higher than average rate of possible complications for the baby, breech births are generally considered higher risk. [3]
Hip dysplasia is a congenital condition in which the hip is deformed in a way that decreases the congruency between the head of the femur and the acetabulum of the pelvis. [22] Bony congruence is a stabilizing factor to the hip joint, so the decrease in this conferred by hip dysplasia makes one more susceptible to dislocation. [22]
Although her baby was in the breech position at 30 weeks, at 38 weeks she was perceived to be in the opposite position with her head down – so no managed delivery plan was created for the July ...
It may be a valid medical definition of a breech birth, but it's probably not comprehensible to most non-medically-trained people. It seems best to me for most Wikipedia articles to begin defining and describing things in terms that ordinary people can understand, and for technical details to be given later in the article, where those wanting ...
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Since 2023, seven babies in the neonatal intensive care unit of a Richmond hospital have suffered unexplained fractures and other injuries. Police last week arrested former nurse Erin Elizabeth ...
Birth defects are divided into two main types: structural disorders in which problems are seen with the shape of a body part and functional disorders in which problems exist with how a body part works. [3] Functional disorders include metabolic and degenerative disorders. [3] Some birth defects include both structural and functional disorders. [3]