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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2024; 59(S 01): e94-e97
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1758365
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Femoral Head Reduction Osteotomy for Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease Sequelae: Case Report

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1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
,
David Pereira
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
,
Ana Sofia Costa
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
,
Rui Sousa
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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Ana Flávia Resende
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
,
Joaquim Nelas
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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Abstract

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) commonly causes sequelae in the hip joint morphology. A common variant is an oversized, nonspherical femoral head, associated with a short femoral neck and elevated greater trochanter, which leads to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). The innovative Ganz technique for surgical hip dislocation opened up new treatment possibilities for FAI, including LCPD sequelae, without increasing the risk of avascular necrosis of the femoral head. In the ellipsoid coxa magna resulting from LCPD, joint wear is more accentuated in the central portion of the femoral head; the lateral third remains intact as it does not articulate with the acetabulum. A femoral head reduction osteotomy technique developed for such cases resects the damaged portion of the femoral head and restores its sphericity. Short-term outcomes are encouraging. The present case report presents a patient with LCPD sequelae submitted to a femoral head reduction osteotomy.

Study carried out at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.




Publication History

Received: 14 March 2022

Accepted: 12 September 2022

Article published online:
31 July 2023

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