Population
17 patients (22 hips) with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) and epiphyseal dysplasia
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May explain externally rotated gait in LCPD via functional retroversion; hypothesis-generating case report challenging prior anteversion assumptions.
3DCT analysis reveals that femoral head deformity in LCPD causes functional retroversion and functional coxa vara, explaining the externally rotated gait and contradicting previous reports of increased anteversion.
Kim et al. (1997) studied this question.
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