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[Perthes' disease: a roentgenological clinic study (author's transl)]. 1978

H J Maurer, and B Skandfer

Perthes' disease (a condition also known as Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease), or osteochondrosis of the head of the femur, has been repeatedly subdivided into several stages and subjected to classifications which are hardly satisfactory in practice. Catterall has presented a new group classification on the basis of untreated cases of Perthes' disease, which has been combined in the present paper with Somerville's subdivision into different stages. This subdivision into groups and stages was examined for feasibility and practical usefulness via 51 cases of Perthes' disease. It was found that both systems of grouping and classification sometimes required repeated correction in the course of the disease. Hence, this subdivision remains unsatisfactory, especially when therapeutic consequences are expected to be drawn. Cases for Perthes' disease treated by the authors are described and compared with the data given in medical literature.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007873	Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease	A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.	Coxa Plana,Legg-Perthes Disease,Perthes Disease,Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome,Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease,Legg-Calvé-Perthes Syndrome,Osteochondritis Deformans,Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes,Disease, Legg-Calvé-Perthes,Disease, Legg-Perthes,Disease, Perthes,Legg Calve Perthes Disease,Legg Calve Perthes Syndrome,Legg Calvé Perthes Disease,Legg Calvé Perthes Syndrome,Legg Perthes Disease,Osteochondritis Deforman,Syndrome, Legg-Calve-Perthes,Syndrome, Legg-Calvé-Perthes
D008297	Male		Males
D010007	Osteochondritis	Inflammation of a bone and its overlaying CARTILAGE.	Meniscitis,Meniscitides,Osteochondritides
D010027	Osteotomy	The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Osteotomies
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D001846	Bone Development	The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS.	Bone Growth
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006621	Hip Joint	The joint that is formed by the articulation of the head of FEMUR and the ACETABULUM of the PELVIS.	Acetabulofemoral Joint,Acetabulofemoral Joints,Hip Joints,Joint, Acetabulofemoral,Joint, Hip,Joints, Acetabulofemoral,Joints, Hip