Abstract
Background: DDH most common orthopedic disorder in babies that detected in the newborn period or after 9 months, clicking sound when baby move their legs apart, it's an early sign of DDH. It's more common in girls and affected the left side more than right, usually unilaterally but, there is a chance to be bilateral. DDH can cause limping, pain or even osteoarthritis. If DDH detected early can usually be corrected with conservative management Pavlik harness, closed reduction or cast, late presentations require surgery and have worse outcomes.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire distributed to the participants which are any radiologists and medical stuff working in MCH, and agreed to fill the questionnaire. So a sample of 188 participants was successfully interviewed.
Results: the data showed that 56% of the participated Radiologist admitted that percent of cases confirmed to be diagnosed with DDH by using US as first investigations in the last month (august) was between 50%-100%.
Conclusion: that participants (radiologists/medical stuff) with many years of experience and practicing US imagining know well the role of Ultrasound (US) in screening of developmental dysplasia of the Hip-Joint in the Neonates (DDH) and they depends on it in a wide scale.