As an adjunct to the clinical examination, infants younger than age 4 months with suspected DDH should undergo a hip ultrasound, performed by a pediatric ultrasonographer and read by a pediatric ...

General ultrasound screening of children’s hips can reduce the frequency of first operative procedures for treating development dysplasia of the hip, German researchers concluded in a recent ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – A technique that uses ultrasound images to determine the depth and shape of the hip socket can accurately predict which infants with hip dysplasia will develop normal hip ...

By Meredith Cohn PUBLISHED: June 25, 2014 at 5:41 p.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

MANCHESTER, England — Children who experience constant, unexplained hip pain pose clinical challenges for orthopaedic surgeons, but one British team said MRI can be valuable in helping to ...

Charlotte Craner was born healthy in 2022, but a faint click revealed that her hips were displaced. She was referred for an ultrasound, diagnosed with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH), and ...

The U.S. FDA has approved GE HealthCare’s Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP) ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients.