ABCD of Hip Sonography

Description

This book is a practical and authorative manual teaching sonography
of the infant hip. The book is based on the modified Grafs technique and
the author’s past 30 years experience. It is aimed at the practitioner/neo-
natologist caring for newborn children and young infants. It is easy to
read, has a user-friendly layout and is packed with a wealth of illustra-
tions and useful annotations.

Sonography of infant hips for screening and diagnosing DDH and dysplasia
has become of increasing importance in recent years in developing coun-
tries and is already established as «gold standard” in developed countries.
In many European countries today this technique is used as general
screening tool for all newborns or infants.

The first part of this book includes the fundamentals of hip anatomy,
pathology, epidemiology and aetiology. Futher chapters discuss conven-
tional diagnosis (clinical and/or X-ray) and the superiority of sonography.
The core chapter for the scholar of hip sonography is the practical step by
step guide on sonography rounded up with hints how to avoid common
mistakes. The book explains the new and simpler ABCD system for diag-
nosis and successful therapy and is therefore indispensable for everyone
dealing with infant hip screening, diagnosing and treating DDH and dys-
plasia.

TOC:

Equipment for hip ultrasound, image projection, anatomy and ultrasound
of the normal infant hip joint, ultrasound characteristics of the different
tissues in the region of the hip joint, standards of reporting, measure-
ment techniques, definition of types and groups, quality management,
HipScreen, treatment recommendations, prognosis of treated hips and
follow up, cost benefit and literature.

Thomas Baumann, Raoul Schmid, Stefan Essig & SMOPP Team: 171 pages, Softcover Format A5 + 1. ed. 2017, Prize (incl. donation to SMOPP, swiss international pediatric project, https://www.sipp.swiss/en/smopp-swiss-mongolian-pediatric-project).

Also available in Russian and Mongolian.