Diagnosis and Treatment of Legg Calvé Perthes Disease
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Synonyms for this disease include “avascular necrosis of the femoral head” and “aseptic necrosis of the femoral head”, “Perthes disease” and “Legg Perthes” disease, “osteochon-dritis”, “coxae juvenilis”, “coxa plana” and “idiopathic osteosis”. The terms “avascular/aseptic necrosis of the femoral head” are also used to describe a process of femoral head necro-sis in dogs following traumatic fractures of the femoral neck.
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Evolution in diagnosis and treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is an idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head with variable complications and resultant deformity of the femoral head and osteoarthritis. Suggested risk factors are acetabular retroversion, obesity, latitude, hyperactivity, and coagulopathy. The most commonly applied classification is based on radiolucency in the lateral pillar of the femoral head, which i...
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