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Femoral Varus Osteotomy for Treatment of Legg Calve Perthes Disease in Zagazig University Hospitals

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Orthopedic

Abstract

Background: Legg Calve Perthes disease is a juvenile os‌teonecrosis, where the blood supply of femoral head not sufficient leading to the provisional bone death. It is a main cause of premature osteoarthritis of the hip, and also need hip replacement in early adulthood. Many treatment methods were used in Legg Calve Perthes disease to keep hip joint range of motion. Aim of the work: the current study was aimed to evaluate the outcomes of femoral varus osteotomy in the treatment of Perthes disease according to classification and grading schemes. Patients and methods: This study was carried out at the Orthopedic Surgery outpatient clinic of Zagazig University Hospital during the period from January 2017 to June 2019 on 12 patients, they were (7 males) and (5 females) with range between 5 to 10 years. Results: showed that there was a Significant decrease in the mean epiphyseal extrusion indices, Significant increase mean Wiberg's CE angle, significant decrease in the mean of neck shaft angel and union of osteotomies within 3 months without fixation loss. Conclusion: proximal varus osteotomy was a confident treatment in patients without flattening of femoral head, advanced deformation and in case of good containment in abduction and internal rotation especially if their ages ranged between 5-10 years. For older patients and patients with advanced deformity of femoral head the outcomes were not satisfactory.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2019.14700.1325

Keywords

Femoral Varus Osteotomy, Legg Calve, Perthes Disease, osteotomies

Authors

First Name

Emad

Last Name

Swayeb

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine – Misurata University

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dr.emad.swayeb@gmail.com

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First Name

Hossam

Last Name

Khairy

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Orthopaedic, faculty of medicine, Zagazig university, Zagazig, Egypt.

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h_khiry@hotmail.com

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First Name

El-Sayed

Last Name

Soudy

MiddleName

El-Etewy

Affiliation

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University

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sayed.soudy@gmail.com

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First Name

Reda

Last Name

El-Kady

MiddleName

Hussein

Affiliation

Assistant professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University

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reda.elkady@gmail.com

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28

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1

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29786

Issue Date

2022-01-01

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2019-07-13

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2022-01-01

Page Start

122

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129

Print ISSN

1110-1431

Online ISSN

2357-0717

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273

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Zagazig University Medical Journal

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22 Jan 2023