Clinical presentation of young adults after Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease


Published online: Dec 30 2009

Christoph Zilkens, Bernd Bittersohl, Marcus Jäger, Tanja Haamberg, Bettina Westhoff, Rüdiger Krauspe

From Heinrich-Heine University Medical School, Duesseldorf, Germany

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to review the clinical and radiological outcome of young adult individuals who had Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) during child age. After a mean follow-up of 18.7 ± 6.2 years, 25 young adults with various morphological deformity grades were assessed clinically and radiologically. Deterioration of hip joint function and onset of pain were found to manifest early in the intermediate follow-up of LCPD and to correlate with the residual hip deformity.

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