The treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: To contain or not to contain

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 50-54

  Grasemann, H ^a   Nicolai, R D ^a   Patsalis, T ^a   Hovel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINT; SUBLUXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031060018     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434101     Document Type: Article

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