1. My 18 month old child has been diagnosed with developmental dysplasia of the left hip. Orthopaedic surgeons in my country suggested that the only treatment is surgery. Can I treat my child conservatively, without surgery, with the modified Hoffman Daimler method?

 In our practice we have treated successfully conservatively even children with completely dislocated hips at 4 years of age (see cases)

2. Is the modified Hoffman Daimler method applicable in my country?

As far as we know we are the only medical center in the world, who developed and applied successfully this method to 342 children. Some of them are published in 2007 in American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

3. How many times I have to visit your orthopaedic practice in order to successfully treat my child?

This depends on the degree of dislocation of the hip. Once the femoral heads are reduced, the average visits are one in every two months.

4. What are the advantages of your conservative treatment?

According to long-term results, operation is less successful than conservative treatment. Operation also jeopardizes the life of the child and during operation many complications could ensue. In contrast, as it is explained , after placing the hips in abduction and flexion nature does the rest of the job.

5. Does my child require hospital- in treatment?

The m-HD method does not require in- hospital treatment. In case where the social setting is poor, we prefer to have the parents every week except in cases where the parents are not reliable at all and cannot comply -especially at the first critical weeks of reduction -we prefer in- hospital treatment for better surveillance.