Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) started to be studied 100 years ago (1910), thanks to the advent of the possibility of conducting clinical studies by means of radiographic images (1895). However, many questions remain open, both in relation to the etiology of this orthopedic condition and in relation to which therapeutic measures are valid. Thus, great controversy has been generated. In 1910,...

1 Prosthetic Research and Training Unit, Ontario Crippled Children's Centre, 350 Rumsey Road, Toronto 17, Canada. The treatment of Legg-Perthes disease has been given considerable attention at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during the last few years. It is now known that certain types of Legg-Perthes disease have a good prognosis regardless of the type of treatment used, whereas othe...

Perthes is a serious but self-limited disorder. If it is a self limiting disease, then why one should think of treating it. The aim of treatment is to prevent femoral head deformity and subsequent osteoarthrosis. There is still no clear guideline for the management of Perthes disease. This is because of the controversies in all most all the aspects of the disease; etiology, classification, natu...