Treating Legg-Perthes Disease |
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| Authors: | Joseph Fletcher Charles K. Hofling Claude R. Sowle Maurice Levine James H. Vaughan Jr. Evelyn V. Hess |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts;2. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Abstract: | Treatment for Legg-Perthes disease should provide dynamic maintenance of the femoral head in the acetabulum, with the hip in moderate abduction and some internal rotation, and minimize stress of body weight on the avascular femoral head. The trilateral socket hip abduction orthosis accomplishes both goals while allowing the patient to be ambulatory and to participate in normal daily activities. |
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