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ReviewDer Orthopade2019

[Perthes disease-news in diagnostics and treatment].

B Westhoff, C Lederer, R Krauspe

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Review in Der Orthopade, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. [Hip disorders in children and adolescents-an overview].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026
    Review
  3. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease- surgical treatment options.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. [Triple osteotomy for patients with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease].Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie · 2022
    Review
  8. [Acquired hip joint pathologies in childhood].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022
    Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

B WesthoffOrthopädische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. Westhoff@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
C LedererOrthopädische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
R KrauspeOrthopädische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

diagnosticsPerthes disease remains a challenge for paediatric orthopedic surgeons. X‑ray imaging is still the method of choice for diagnostics and follow-up examination. A more detailed differentiation of Waldenström's classification, especially in early and late fragmentation stages, might be relevant to optimize timing of containment surgery. So-called "advanced MRI" imaging might help to detect patients at risk earlier than conventional x‑ray imaging, which could lead to earlier surgical intervention. TREATMENT: Currently there is no treatment modality available which would improve the bone changes in Perthes disease. Non-operative treatment like improving hip range of motion as well as unloading is still the basic standard of care, with analgesic and/or anti-inflammatory medication, according to symptoms or findings. In the case of loss of containment, especially in children older than 6 years, surgery is indicated. Currently, there is a trend favoring acetabular reorientation techniques-especially the triple osteotomy, since the biomechanical relations would not be additionally impaired as in case of femoral varus osteotomy.

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AcetabulumChildFemurHumansLegg-Calve-Perthes DiseaseOsteotomyRadiographyTreatment OutcomeContainmentMRIPaediatric hip disorderPelvic osteotomyProximal femur osteotomy

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