Incidence of full containment of the femoral head after Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease and in the "normal" hip.
Forty-eight children with unilateral Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease were studied to determine the extent of femoral head containment present after treatment. Only 0-4% of the hips treated with bed rest and 10-35% of the contralateral hips were fully contained. The criterion of full containment for a good result is, therefore, not valid.
D001510:Bed Rest; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors