Claire,
I would be worried as you are. A 1/2 mm change is really small. The
problem with DDH is that if you wait too long then the treatment gets more
complicated. I agree with Sara who asked if you could be seen by a ped
ortho. I know in our case we were misdiagnosed by an adult ortho. There
are so many subleties with DDH that unless the doctor has had training in
it, those things may be missed.

I would be nervous that someone else looked at an x-ray and noticed she has
something not quite right with her hips. Just my thoughts.

Nancy[keeper of the www.hip-baby.org website, mom to Claudia, misdiagnosed
at 9 months by an adult orthopedic surgeon, diagnosed at 16 months old with
bilaterally dislocated hips and DDH by a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, 8
days traction, adductor tenotomy, closed reduction, AVN in left hip, spica
casts for 20 weeks, full-time abduction brace wearing for 1 year, bilateral
open reductions and pelvic osteotomies, spica casts for 7 weeks, now going
for once a year check-ups!]



----- Original Message -----
From: "claire greaves" <clairegreaves2000@...>
To: <clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:53 PM
Subject: [Clicky Hips Club] shallow hip????


> Hi my daughter had/has DDH both hips since birth. She wore a pavlik
> 24/7 for 6mths and then had an xray where the ADULT orto doc said her
> hips were still slightly shallow but just said to come back in 6mts
> when she was re xrayed and they had improved by 1/2 mm???? he still
> said no treatment was neccassay and hes seeing what will happen. She
> is going back in a few weeks and im probably being paranoid but if
> the hips are still shallow DOESNT she need treatment?? has this
> happened to anyone else. She recently went to the Birmingham
> childrens hosp for an unrelated check and the doctor there gave her
> the once over and asked if we knew she had DDH. If a doc can pick it
> up like that it says to me its not improving??
> HHHEEELLLPPP.
> Jessicas mum.
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