title: Principles of containment treatment aimed at preventing femoral head deformation in Perthes disease.
abstract: The aim of treatment of Perthes in the early part of the disease is to prevent the femoral head from getting deformed by muscular forces and weight-bearing stresses transmitted across the acetabular margin. To achieve this, femoral head extrusion must be preempted in children who are older than 8 years at onset of the disease by ensuring containment as soon as the disease is diagnosed. In children younger than 8 years in whom femoral head extrusion occurs, containment must be obtained by the early stage of fragmentation.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka State, India. bjosephortho@yahoo.co.in
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Joseph
authors: Charles T
authors: CT
authors: Price
mesh_terms: D005270:Femur Head / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome