Pathological gait in children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease and proposal for gait modification to decrease the hip joint loading

Osteochondritis dissecans following Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease.

Osteonecrosis of the hip (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease) in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children.

OBJECTIVE Osteonecrosis of the hip has been reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults; whether this is related to HIV infection or its treatment is unknown. There has been 1 report of osteonecrosis among HIV-infected children. Specifically, avascular necrosis of the hip consistent with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) was reported in 3 HIV-infected children with AIDS from ...

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...

Dynamic MR imaging of the hip in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: comparison with arthrography.

Introduction Hip arthrography is considered of importance in tailoring treatment in children with LCPD [l-3]. Hip arthrography in children with LCPD is employed for dynamic imaging to determine congruency and containment of the femoral head by the acetabulum as well as to rule out “hinge abduction” [3]. Information obtained by hip arthrography may help in selecting candidates for operative trea...