Population
About 350 hips treated during the years from 1946 to 1965 for Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for trochanteric overgrowth after physeal closure in LCPD; prospective studies needed before considering apophyseodesis.
Metaphyseal changes and premature closure of the capital epiphyseal plate in LCPD can lead to functional disability, which may be prevented by early apophyseodesis of the greater trochanter.
A. Langenskiöld (1980) studied this question.
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