Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. History and Epidemiology of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease – Who is at Risk and How do We Diagnose it?

   • Yasmin D. Hailer

   Pages 1-9

3. Staging and Classification of Severity of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease and Its Relevance

   • Joshua E. Hyman, Katherine Rosenwasser, Evan Trupia

   Pages 11-20

4. Treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease by Maintaining Abduction to Allow Dynamic Hip Modeling Through Range-of-Motion Therapy

   • Perry Schoenecker, Jonathan Schoenecker

   Pages 21-39

5. Prevention and Early Treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease Utilizing Transphyseal Neck-Head Tunnelling (TNHT)

   • Nuno Craveiro Lopes

   Pages 41-59

6. Varus Derotational Osteotomy as Treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

   • Surya N. Mundluru, David S. Feldman

   Pages 61-74

7. Pelvic Osteotomies as Treatment for Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

   • Keith Bachmann, Vidyadhar Upasani

   Pages 75-94

8. Treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease of the Hip by Joint Distraction

   • Dror Paley

   Pages 95-114

9. Comparison Between Distraction and Femoral Varus Osteotomy in the Treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

   • Roberto Guarniero, José Roberto Bevilacqua Guarniero

   Pages 115-127

10. Femoral Head Reduction Osteotomy for Coxa Magna and Nonspherical Femoral Head for Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

    • Dror Paley

    Pages 129-179

11. Biologic and Pharmacologic Treatment of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

    • Neeraj M. Patel, David S. Feldman

    Pages 181-194

12. Back Matter

    Pages 195-198

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Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (LCPD) remains a challenging hip condition to treat. More than a century after its identification, the etiology of LCPD remains unclear and treatment continues to be controversial. The main goal of treatment is to prevent femoral head deformation. Preservation of femoral head sphericity is known to minimize the risk of premature hip pain, stiffness and arthritis. The best ways to achieve these goals remain elusive. 
 
This book is replete with up-to-date discussions of history, epidemiology, radiology and classification systems for LCPD. It takes a well-balanced, evidence-based approach to various methods of treatment, from conventional containment femoral and pelvic surgery, to more cutting-edge procedures such as transfemoral head-neck tunneling, hip distraction, hip arthroscopy and  intraarticular femoral head reshaping osteotomies, ending with a discussion of the latest biologic and pharmacologic treatment strategies. It is a well-illustrated tome for the various surgical techniques presented. 
 
The chapter authors, all experts in LCPD, share their practical, innovative and comprehensive approach to this challenging condition. Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease will be the definitive reference work on this condition for many years to come.

• Arthrodiastasis
• Core decompression
• Femoral osteotomy
• Hip arthroplasty
• Hip arthroscopy
• Hip surgery
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Pediatric and adolescent hip
• Pelvic osteotomy
• Residual deformity

• Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute, St. Mary’s Medical Center, West Palm Beach, USA

  David S. Feldman, Dror Paley

David S. Feldman, MD, Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute, St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA



Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, Director, Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute, St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

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