Review Article

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease: A Review of the Literature

Table 6

The results of various research studies based on surgical operations.

ResearchNumber of subjectsGenderAge (year)Follow-up period (year)MethodResults (%)

Robinson et al. [14]27Not reported6.335–16Innominate osteotomy92 good, 0 fair, 8 poor
Bellyei and Mike [15]30Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedFemoral osteotomy57 good, 23 fair, 20 poor
Bellyei and Mike [15]19Not reported6.9Not reportedFemoral osteotomy63.15 good, 10.5 fair, 26.3 poor
Paterson et al. [24]27Not reported5.99.3Innominate osteotomy56 good, 41 fair, 4 poor
Lloyd et al. [25]16Not reported64–9Femoral osteotomy62.5 good, 25 fair, 12.5 poor
Lloyd et al. [25]18Not reported6Not reportedFemoral osteotomy44.4 good, 22.2 fair, 33.4 poor