Clinical presentation of young adults after Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.
The purpose of the present study was to review the clinical and radiological outcome of young adult individuals who had Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) during child age. After a mean follow-up of 18.7 +/- 6.2 years, 25 young adults with various morphological deformity grades were assessed clinically and radiologically. Deterioration of hip joint function and onset of pain were found to manifest early in the intermediate follow-up of LCPD and to correlate with the residual hip deformity.
Zilkens
Christoph
C
Department of Orthopaedics, Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, Duesseldorf, Germany. Christoph.Zilkens@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Bittersohl
Bernd
B
Jäger
Marcus
M
Haamberg
Tanja
T
Westhoff
Bettina
B
Krauspe
Rüdiger
R
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000209:etiology*