Initial experience of use of an articulated external fixator in treating Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease by means of arthrodiastasis during the active phase of the disease

Initial experience of use of an articulated external fixator in treating Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease by means of arthrodiastasis during the active phase of the disease

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To present the preliminary results from treating patients with Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (LCPD) by means of hip arthrodiastasis using a monolateral external fixator applied to the hip and to succinctly describe the surgical technique used, in a prospective study. METHODS: Pr...

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Main Authors: Carlos Augusto Malheiros Luzo, Roberto Guarniero, Nei Botter Montenegro, Rui Maciel de Godoy Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2016-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Doença de Legg-Calve-Perthes
Procedimentos ortopédicos
Fixadores externos
Articulação do quadril
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162016000300337&lng=en&tlng=en

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