Zilkens Christoph, Bittersohl Bernd, Jäger Marcus, Haamberg Tanja, Westhoff Bettina, Krauspe Rüdiger
Department of Orthopaedics, Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Acta Orthop Belg. 2009 Dec;75(6):754-60.
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.
