[Legg-Perthes-Calvé disease. Plea for an original ambulatory orthosis].
Legg-Perthes-Calvé disease is a local disease which should be treated by non-iatrogenic means. The authors have designed a new ambulatory orthosis allowing containment in abduction, flexion and medial rotation, with relief of weight-bearing on the femoral head. It was tested in thirty six hips. In only eight of them a surgical procedure had to be performed during the evolution of the disease (femoral or pelvic osteotomy) because of secondary exenteration of the hip.
D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D011859:Radiography
Maladie de Legg-Perthes-Calvé. Plaidoyer pour une orthèse déambulatoire originale.