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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2025; 60(01): s00441800922
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1800922
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Description of Hip Deformities in 5-Year-Old Patients with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Herison Franklin Viana de Oliveira 
1   Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
,
Francisco Robson Queiroz Rego 
2   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Getúlio Vargas, Recife, Pernambuco, PE, Brasil.
,
Brauner de Souza Cavalcanti 
2   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Getúlio Vargas, Recife, Pernambuco, PE, Brasil.
,
Ítalo Rodrigues Bacellar 
2   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Getúlio Vargas, Recife, Pernambuco, PE, Brasil.
,
Thais Araújo Barbosa 
2   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Getúlio Vargas, Recife, Pernambuco, PE, Brasil.
,
Epitácio Leite Rolim Filho 
1   Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
3   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
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Abstract

Objective To report on the most prevalent hip alterations in children older than 5 with congenital Zika virus syndrome (CZS) per clinical and radiographic examinations.

Methods Cross-sectional and retrospective study of 62 patients older than 5 with CZS. We extracted clinical data, including maximum abduction values, hip flexion contracture, gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) level, and radiographical data, including Reimers index (RI), femoral neck-shaft angle (FNSA), and acetabular index (AI), from medical records and radiographs and statistically evaluated them.

Results The mean age of children was 65.6 ± 4.1 months. Most patients (95.2%) presented GMFCS scores of IV and V. Slow hip abduction was 41.2 ± 19.5°. The Thomas test revealed a mean deviation of 16.1 ± 14.9°. The mean values of RI, FNSA, and AI were 54.1 ± 34.1%, 158 ± 11.9°, and 26.0 ± 8.12°, respectively. Patients with GMFCS III and IV had lower RI and AI than those with a score of V. Regarding FNSA, there was no statistical difference between groups. Patients who underwent tenotomy of the hip adductor muscles presented greater abduction but no relevant radiographic differences.

Conclusion There was a higher incidence of patients with hip luxation and more compromised functional degrees (GMFCS IV and V), and increased RI and AI in V. Operated patients presented abduction gain abduction but no radiographic improvement. Long-term studies are required to evaluate hip deformities in these subjects.

Keywords

child - deformities - developmental dysplasia of the hip - Zika virus

Work carried out at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Associação Pernambucana de Apoio à Criança com Deficiência (AACD), Recife, PE, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 23 April 2024

Accepted: 30 August 2024

Article published online:
28 April 2025

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Herison Franklin Viana de Oliveira, Francisco Robson Queiroz Rego, Brauner de Souza Cavalcanti, Ítalo Rodrigues Bacellar, Thais Araújo Barbosa, Epitácio Leite Rolim Filho. Descrição das deformidades do quadril em pacientes com síndrome congênita do Zika vírus aos 5 anos de idade: Um estudo transversal. Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2025; 60: s00441800922.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1800922