Environmental Tobacco and Wood Smoke Increase the Risk of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

Osteochondritis dissecans following Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease.

Editorial LEGG - CALVÉ - PERTHES DISEASE : 100 YEARS

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) started to be studied 100 years ago (1910), thanks to the advent of the possibility of conducting clinical studies by means of radiographic images (1895). However, many questions remain open, both in relation to the etiology of this orthopedic condition and in relation to which therapeutic measures are valid. Thus, great controversy has been generated. In 1910,...

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: current concepts.

Perthes is a serious but self-limited disorder. If it is a self limiting disease, then why one should think of treating it. The aim of treatment is to prevent femoral head deformity and subsequent osteoarthrosis. There is still no clear guideline for the management of Perthes disease. This is because of the controversies in all most all the aspects of the disease; etiology, classification, natu...

The Epidemiology and Demographics of Legg-Calvé-Perthes' Disease

The etiology of Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease (LCPD) is unknown. There are many insights however from epidemiologic/demographic information. A systematic medical literature review regarding LCPD was performed. The incidence ranges from 0.4/100,000 to 29.0/100,000 children <15 years of age. There is significant variability in incidence within racial groups and is frequently higher in lower socioec...

The natural history of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Two groups of patients who had Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease were studied. The first group of patients consisted of eighty-eight patients (ninety-nine affected hips) followed in three hospitals for an average of forty years. The second group consisted of sixty-eight patients (seventy-two affected hips), all of whose radiographs from the onset of disease to maturity were available and all of whom h...