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In a 6-year-old boy with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in the fragmentation stage with femoral head extrusion, containment surgery with a proximal femur varus osteotomy was performed.
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This educational guide provides a practical algorithm for the diagnosis and management of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in children to prevent early hip osteoarthritis.
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Satehi et al. (2020) conducted a review in Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (n=1). Proximal femur varus osteotomy was evaluated. In a 6-year-old boy with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in the fragmentation stage with femoral head extrusion, containment surgery with a proximal femur varus osteotomy was performed.
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