title: [Hip ambulatory abduction in the treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease].
abstract: Forty-eight cases of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease were treated with hip ambulatory abduction brace. The children were able to walk, sit, climb, or squat with the brace. Thirty-nine cases were followed up more than three years. The total excellent rate was 82%. The result of Catterall Grade I-II cases was all excellent. The excellent rate was 80% below five-year-old cases of Catterall III-IV during the start of the treatment and 66.6% above five. With the active hip abduction and internal rotation, the femoral head was held well. The results show that the method is simple and with no operation and with satisfactory effect of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D001915:Braces; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male