Developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants and children
### What you need to know A 14 month old boy has started to walk over the previous six weeks. His parents are concerned that he is in discomfort and thus tends to walk with a limp. He was born by spontaneous vertex delivery and routine clinical reviews by a midwife on day two of life and his general practitioner at six weeks were normal. He has no family history of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). Observation of his gait shows a left sided limp with apparent shortening of the left leg. An urgent x ray shows a left sided DDH. He is referred to orthopaedics urgently and placed in a hip ...
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