Optimal timing for containment surgery for Perthes disease

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 601-606

  Joseph, Benjamin ^a   Sreekumaran Nair, N ^a   Narasimha Rao, K L ^a   Mulpuri, Kishore ^a   Varghese, George ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Containment surgery; Perthes disease; Stage of the disease; Timing of surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0041419528     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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