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The Importance of Monitoring and Factors That May Influence Leg Length Difference in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.

Rajiv M MerchantJaap Johannes TolkAnouska A AyubDeborah M EastwoodAresh Hashemi-Nejad
Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Procedures to correct LLD were performed irrespective of previous DDH surgery or AVN grades. In most patients, the affected/DDH leg was longer, mainly in the subtrochanteric segment of the femur, largely influenced by femoral osteotomy in patients with multiple operative procedures for DDH. We recommend careful monitoring of LLD in DDH.
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