Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

The editors of this book, Professor Joseph O’Beirne and Dr Konstantinos Chlapoutakis, are currently serving as the Chair and General Secretary of the International Interdisciplinary Consensus Committee on DDH Evaluation (ICODE), respectively. ICODE is a scientific society formed in 2018 aiming at (a) working towards consensus on the various issues regarding DDH, in particular policies for detection and early treatment, (b) promoting, standardizing and continually improving teaching and training in the Graf's technique of infant hip ultrasound and (c) supporting research, audit and quality improvement in the field of detection and early treatment of DDH. Professor O’Beirne is a member of the National Implementation Group for Ultrasound screening in the Republic of Ireland, is a member of the Irish and UK faculties for DDH Ultrasound teaching courses and has been an author of a number of publications on DDH. Dr Chlapoutakis has organized many teaching courses throughout Greece, authored national and international publications about hip sonography, translated hip sonographic books into the Greek language and has been invited as a lecturer in the field, in both national and international congresses (including the ESR 2020 and the BCR 2019).

Introduction.- Development of the Hip Joint: Embryology and Anatomy of the neonatal hip joint.- DDH: Definition, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis & Risk Factors.- Clinical examination in DDH.- An overview of diagnostic imaging modalities for DDH.- Imaging of early-onset osteoarthritis.- Early Detection of Hip Dysplasia.- Freehand sonographic techniques.- Hip sonography according to Graf.- Comparison of sonographic techniques.- Sonographic based treatment.- Further treatment.- Setting up an effective hip screening service .- Hip sonography training.- Hip sonography - preparing for the future.