Experience with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) 1968--1974 at the new York Orthopaedic Hospital
Denton, J.R.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 150: 36-42
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 7428240 Document Number: 167581
Of 19 patients (24 hips) with LCPD treated between 1968 and 1974, 18 hips were treated by nonoperative methods (the abduction weight-bearing program as described by Petrie), and six hips were treated by Salter innominate osteotomy. Using Catterall's classification of the roentgenographic changes, 14 cases were rated good; 4 were fair and 6 were poor. The age at the time of diagnosis was the most reliable diagnostic parameter.