INTRODUCTION Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (LCPD) represents idiopathic avascular necrosis of femoral head in pediatric population. Indications for treatment depend mostly on prognosis about femoral head sphericity and hip congruence at the end of growth. The aim of this review is to highline prognostic factors of LCPD. METHODS Bibliographic search in PubMed allowed selection of 33 articles conc...

The evolving knowledge on Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) demonstrates the utility of studying a rare disease systematically by piecing together the biology and mechanics of this condition and applying clinical observations to improve patient care. As treatments of less common diseases are hard to randomize and study in meaningful numbers, long-term study groups have been created to provide insight in...

The etiology of Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease (LCPD) is unknown. There are many insights however from epidemiologic/demographic information. A systematic medical literature review regarding LCPD was performed. The incidence ranges from 0.4/100,000 to 29.0/100,000 children <15 years of age. There is significant variability in incidence within racial groups and is frequently higher in lower socioec...