Varus-producing osteotomy for patients with lateral pillar type B and C Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease followed to skeletal maturity

Effect of greater trochanteric epiphysiodesis after femoral varus osteotomy for lateral pillar classification B and B/C border Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease

This is a retrospective observational study. Greater trochanteric epiphysiodesis (GTE) has been recommended to prevent Trendelenburg gait and limitation of the hip joint motion due to trochanteric overgrowth after femoral varus osteotomy (FVO) in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD). However, capital femoral physeal arrest frequently occurs in patients with severe disease (lateral pillar C), so GT...

Classifications in brief: the Herring lateral pillar classification for Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Classifications of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) may be divided into three categories: those defining the stage of the disease, those attempting to prognosticate outcome, and those defining outcome. Although Arthur Legg MD [13], Jacques Calvé [2], and Georg Perthes MD [17] share credit for their descriptions of the disease published between 1909 and 1910, according to Wenger and Pandya, Hen...

Prognostic Value of Modified Lateral Pillar Classification in Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

BACKGROUND To evaluate the usefulness of the modified lateral pillar classification as a prognostic factor in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD). METHODS Thirty nine patients diagnosed with lateral pillar C in LCPD from May, 1977, to October, 2001 were reviewed, and their skeletal maturity was followed. The mean follow up duration was 12 years and 7 months (4 years, 6 months to 24 years, 9 mon...

Osteochondritis dissecans following Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease.

The Long Term Results of Femoral Varus Osteotomy in Patients with Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

Femoral varus osteotomy (FVO) has been widely used in the surgical treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (LCPD). Axer in 1965 reviewed FVO as a treatment of LCPD and reported a very favorable results comparing with those observed after conservative treatment. Since then, many authors have demonstrated that it can prevent femoral head deformity and restore spherical congruity, provided that th...