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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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From: Short follow-up evaluation of proximal femoral varus osteotomy for treatment of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease

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Radiographs show the hips of a 7.5-year-old boy with LCPD of the left hip (Catterall class IV, lateral pillar group C). He had symptoms for 5 months before diagnosis. a Preoperative AP radiograph; the preoperative epiphyseal extrusion index was 77.8. b Preoperative radiograph in Lauenstein projection shows reduced FHC. c Radiograph taken 12 months postoperatively shows containment after subtrochanteric femoral osteotomy with 25° varization and no rotation; epiphyseal extrusion improved to 29.1 postoperatively. d Radiograph taken at 48 months postoperatively shows an enlarged but spherical femoral head

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