ALLMedicine™ Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Center

Nov 4th, 2020 - Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is usually treated with recombinant human GH (rhGH), and this has been rarely associated with hip disorders. We analysed the clinical data of patients with congenital GHD receiving rhGH who had associated hip dyspla...

Apr 2nd, 2020 - Medical image segmentation is one of the most crucial issues in medical image processing and analysis. In general, segmentation of the various structures in medical images is performed for the further image analyzes such as quantification, assessm...

Mar 6th, 2020 - Two operative procedures are currently advocated to stimulate the necrotic femoral head healing in children with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: transphyseal neck-head tunneling (TNHT) and multiple epiphyseal drilling (MED). The purpose of this study ...

Feb 5th, 2020 - Background Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is avascular necrosis (AVN) of the proximal femoral head resulting from compromise of the tenuous blood supply to this area. LCPD usually occurs in children aged 4-10 years. The disease has an insidious...

Apr 12th, 2019 - Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is characterized by the capital femoral epiphyseal collapse, which occurs more reliably in the anterior quadrant than the more weight-bearing lateral quadrant. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is ...

Nov 4th, 2020 - Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is usually treated with recombinant human GH (rhGH), and this has been rarely associated with hip disorders. We analysed the clinical data of patients with congenital GHD receiving rhGH who had associated hip dyspla...

Jun 16th, 2020 - Legg-Calve-Perthes care at Mayo Clinic Your Mayo Clinic care team At Mayo Clinic, orthopedic surgeons work with radiologists, physical therapists and other specialists to evaluate and treat people with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. This means that y...

Jun 16th, 2020 - Overview Hip joint Open pop-up dialog box Close Hip joint Hip joint The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint. The ball (femoral head) is at the top of the thigh bone (femur) and the socket (acetabulum) is part of the hipbone. Legg-Calve-Perthes (L...

Jun 16th, 2020 - Diagnosis During the physical exam, your doctor might move your child's legs into various positions to check range of motion and see if any of the positions cause pain. Imaging tests These types of tests, which are vital to the diagnosis of Legg-C...

Apr 2nd, 2020 - Medical image segmentation is one of the most crucial issues in medical image processing and analysis. In general, segmentation of the various structures in medical images is performed for the further image analyzes such as quantification, assessm...