Evidence of disease was analyzed from the skeletal remains of 11 individuals dating to the post-Medieval period from church cemetery of St. Ilija in Serbia. Two individuals showed pathological condition affecting joints. It was supposed that first individual had been suffering from Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. It seems that this condition remained untreated, with extensive bone remodeling, and t...

Thirty-two patients (out of 52 undergoing surgery) with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCP) were examined retrospectively to assess the efficacy of surgical treatment on epiphyseal morphology at the primary healing. The analysis of the clinical results of the 33 hips considered indicated that it is necessary to operate above all on 3rd grade hips. For these the most frequent operation indicated is...

Growth hormone (GH) therapy is widely used in children; it may have various severe orthopaedic complications. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, scoliosis and carpal tunnel syndrome may occur with GH treatment. Before beginning GH therapy, it is important to take into account all the risk factors of the individual patient, as some conditions could contraindicate GH t...

We study a family of n-way metrics that generalize the usual two-way metric. The n-way metrics are totally symmetric maps from E into R≥0. The three-way metrics introduced by Joly and Le Calvé (1995) and Heiser and Bennani (1997) and the n-way metrics studied in Deza and Rosenberg (2000) belong to this family. It is shown how the n-way metrics and n-way distance measures are related to (n− 1)-w...

The present study shows the occurrence of the trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type I in a Swedish family. Five members were affected and they were examined clinically and radiologically, and four of them were also cytogenetically examined. Three of them had dysplasia of the hip joints reminiscent of the Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Functional hand problems were common. High resolution G banding d...

Transient synovitis (TS) of the hip develops spontaneously in childhood; it usually has a good prognosis and is a self-limiting disease. However, its pathology is not well known. We describe a case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) that seemingly developed due to TS. Even if TS is diagnosed on the basis of the patient's medical history and imaging findings, physicians should consider the pos...

Coagulation parameters were studied in a population of 118 children with Perthes disease in order to determine the possible role of thrombophilia as a causative factor for the disease and to determine if thrombophilia could affect its course. We found 27 children presenting one or more coagulation disorders. The statistical analysis concurs with previous findings of a relationship between Legg-...