I guess this is what my ds has. I've just been googling it.
The paediatrician said that our ds, who's nearly two has one leg 1.5 cms shorter than the other. He had an x-ray a couple of days later, and seemingly nothing showed up. Given the difference in the legs though, the paed says that he'd like him seen by an orthopaedic paediatrician.
Can anyone help me out with what to do next? We haven't been seen by the orthopaedic paed yet, still waiting for an appointment, but I'm really worried. Especially as my sister-in-law today said that if they don't catch hip dysplasia by 6 months they have to do surgery. As nothing showed up on the x-ray, does this mean that he doesn't have it? And if it's not hip dysplasia, what is it? Now my googling brought up something to do with kidney tumors.
1.5 cms in a 2 year old seems like a lot.
I could kick myself, because even though I kept telling doctors etc that I thought there was something going on with his hip/foot/leg, I didn't really pursue it fully until recently.
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Leg length discrepancy
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Again · 29/05/2009 22:40
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