Fine Gael’s Brian Brennan said that Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) ‘has to take responsibility’ and must be held accountable ...

Sixty per cent of hip dysplasia surgeries on children at Temple Street hospital between 2021 and 2023 did not meet clinical criteria for surgery, audit finds ...

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While many worried parents expected to speak to trained medical personnel, one Newstalk listener wrote in to say that is not the case.

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a condition seen in infants and young children. It is also called hip dysplasia. In a normal hip joint, the ball of the femur (thigh bone) fits snugly ...

The condition is called developmental dysplasia of the hips, or DDH, and it occurs when the "ball and socket" joint in the hip does not form properly in babies and young children.

An audit has found 60 per cent of surgeries for developmental dysplasia of the hip carried out in Temple Street hospital between 2021 and 2023 were unnecessary. Photograph: iStock ...

At least 1,800 children who had hip dysplasia surgery are to be medically reviewed after a damning audit has found surgeons in two hospitals were carrying out a high number of unnecessary ...

Yesterday it emerged that children who have had developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) surgeries at the three CHI hospitals are to be offered "routine follow-up care", according to letters sent ...

Developmental dysplasia of the hip Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is another common pediatric musculoskeletal condition. Like clubfoot, it occurs in about one in 1,000 births.

Most people who have hip dysplasia are born with it (this is called developmental dysplasia or congenital dislocation of the hip). Doctors usually check for it in newborns, and during each well ...