Premium
Perthes' Disease: A Long‐Term Follow‐up of Cases Treated by Prolonged Recumbency
Author(s) -
Rush Jonathan
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb05698.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , hip pain , osteoarthritis , disease , surgery , pediatrics , alternative medicine , pathology
A long‐term study of 28 patients with Perthes' disease treated at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, is presented. Clinical and radiological evidence of osteoarthritis of the hip zvas evident in 29% of the patients 20 to 40 years after their initial treatment. Some pain in the involved hip was present in 60% of patients