###Human: My child has developmental dysplasia of hip. Please help. ###Assistant: Hi. Yes, there is DDH - developmental dysplasia of hip but of a mild variety, as suggested by the ultrasound, which suggests an immature hip. X-ray (attachment removed to protect patient identity) features show that the hip is not dislocated, but since it is an immature hip. The recommended treatment given by your doctor is proper, and you should follow that. You should follow up with the doctor every month until one year of age for clinical examination, and at one year another x-ray should be taken and compared. Thereafter, if there is no dislocation, then follow up should be every year until skeletal maturity. You should also do a triple-diaper technique (a technique in which three diapers are put together to keep the thighs apart in newborn) at night only for another six to eight weeks. Complications associated with DDH are epiphyseal dysplasia of the proximal femur and avascular necrosis. The chance of which is very less in this case and these complications are more related to treatment with braces.