Patient's question:
The child has congenital hip dysplasia and walks unsteadily, swaying. How should it be treated? Is it necessary to go to the hospital for treatment? If treated, how long will it take to recover?Doctor's answer:
For children with congenital hip dislocation, symptoms such as limping may appear. Generally, conservative treatment is recommended for children under three years old, including hip joint reduction followed by external fixation with frog-leg cast or orthosis. If the child is currently two years old, simple manual reduction may not be directly successful. In such cases, a release surgery for the iliacus and psoas muscles, as well as the adductor muscles of the thigh, can be performed first, followed by reduction and external fixation measures.