Ultrasonographic survey for developmental dysplasia of the hip in al-Najaf City in female neonates

الملخص EN

-This prospective study deals with 250 female neonates who were (1-28 days)old , they were admitted to the intensive care unite of neonates in AL-Zahraa teaching hospital in AL-Najaf city through the period from April to October 2008.

We used gray scale sonography (Dynamic with stress technique ) as a screening tool for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).

The positive result from total number was three (1.2%).Two of them were delivered by normal vaginal delivery and one delivered by caesarian section ,in all the affected neonates the right hip joints were involved.