ABOUT
Paediatric hip disorders include a wide spectrum of problems which arise either due to congenital hip disorders or due to sequelae of infection, injury resulting in abnormal formation of hip joint resulting in anatomical and functional problems. Our doctors in the Paediatric orthopaedic team will evaluate children with suspected hip problems in the special hip programs including hip preservation and hip screening programs and will give you the best-in-class suggestion and explanation of the child’s condition by discussing in detail to the child’s parents.
Symptoms
Parents may notice their child with shortening of the lowerlimb or with restricted movements when giving perennial care. Child of walking age may have a limping and limb length discrepancy or difficulty in walking, pain during hip movements while walking or during sports activities are the various symptoms or complaints which make parents visit the hip clinic.
Diagnosis
Our doctors in the Paediatric Orthopaedics unit will get a detailed history of the child and a thorough examination to get a diagnosis clinically. Based on those findings they may ask you to get some blood investigations, X-rays, Ultrasound CT and MRI scans to confirm the diagnosis
Management
At Ganga hospital, we have a specialized clinic for children with hip disorders and for hip preservation surgery. We treat many patients with hip disorders which limits their daily activities ranging from impingement to dysplasia.
The common hip disorders which we treat are
- DDH
- SCFE
- FAI
- Perthes disease
- Hip dysplasia
- Hip dislocations and subluxations
- Myositis ossificans
- Labral tears
- Intraarticular bone tumour excision
- Congenital hip disorders
All these children are followed up regularly at our dedicated paediatric hip clinics and they may need additional braces and splints to keep the hip joints in reduced position. We follow them till their growth is complete or till they attain skeletal maturity and our team of surgeons, staffs and physiotherapists are committed to treat these children with a holistic care.
Research and collaboration with international groups
Our hospital is also one of the recognised centres for the evaluation, diagnosis and management of DDH using an international research of hip dysplasia in children conducted by the international hip dysplasia Institute. (IHDI). We are committed to provide excellent and holistic care based on the latest scientific updates and research.
Our management in is a new concept in managing SCFE in our country. We are one of the leading centres in the world in performing safe surgical dislocations for paediatric hip disorders and one of the very few centres performing in-situ fixation and primary osteoplasty through a mini open anterior incision for patients with mild to moderate SCFE in our country.