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. 2003 Oct 7;28(1):44–47. doi: 10.1007/s00264-003-0513-2

Intertrochanteric osteotomy in young adults for sequelae of Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease—a long term follow-up

G A B M Pécasse 1, H Eijer 2, D Haverkamp 2, R K Marti 2,
PMCID: PMC3466584  PMID: 14530881

Abstract

Between 1974 and 1999 we performed 15 intertrochanteric osteotomies in 14 patients with a painful hip secondary to Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease. In seven patients, the osteotomy was combined with advancement of the greater trochanter, acetabular roof plasty, or both. One patient died 5 years after the osteotomy and one patient was lost to follow-up. One patient had a revision osteotomy 21 years after the initial osteotomy, and five patients had a prosthetic replacement 8–25 years after the osteotomy. The average follow-up of the remaining osteotomies was 11.3 years. An intertrochanteric osteotomy can decrease pain and improve clinical function medium and long term without radiological progression of joint degeneration.

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