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. 2007 Jul;1(2):107-13.
doi: 10.1007/s11832-007-0021-9. Epub 2007 Apr 20.

Perthes disease: a survey of management amongst members of the British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS)

Suresh Kumar Masilamani Annamalai  1 , Rachel Buckingham, John Cashman
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Perthes disease: a survey of management amongst members of the British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS)

Suresh Kumar Masilamani Annamalai et al. J Child Orthop. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

The treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease remains controversial. The aim of this survey was to ascertain the current management strategies of this condition amongst UK paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, with particular regard to containment procedures in the fragmentation phase. Questionnaires were distributed at the January 2006 meeting of the British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS) and was posted to all absent members. The results showed a great deal of variability not only in the treatment of Perthes disease, but also in the decision-making processes. Consideration must now be given to a carefully constructed national multi-centre prospective randomised controlled study into the optimum management of this disease.

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Number of osteotomies performed each year
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a Hinge abduction. b Concentric incongruency. c Congruent sphericity in abduction
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