Legg-Calv é-Perthes disease: classifications and prognostic factors.

CONCLUSION: Clinical factors of poor prognosis are overweight, female sex, age exceeding 6 years old, and lack of hip abduction. Radiologically, Herring's classification is consensual because of its high prognostic value and very good reproducibility. The other signs of femoral head "at-risk" and the assessment of the reduction in abduction of the femoral head in the acetabulum are also prognostic of late evolution. MRI seems to be a future tool in assessing the fate of hips in LCPD. It is likely that a better understanding of LCPD etiology would precise the prognosis of this disease.
PMID: 28740529 [PubMed]

Source: Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism - July 27, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab Source Type: research