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

Table 5

Results of noncontainment studies.

Research	Number of subjects	Gender	Age (year)	Follow-up period (year)	Method	Results (%)
Evans et al. [1]	24	male	3–8	6.75	Calliper	62.5 good, 20.8 fair, 16.7 poor
Evans et al. [1]	24	male	3–8	4.75	Snyder sling	58.4 good, 16.6 fair, 25 poor
Kelly et al. [23]	80	Both	8–10	22.4	Sling with crutches	80 good, 11.25 fair, 8.75 poor
Herndon et al. [21]	37	No information	3.5–11	7.4	Traction followed by Ischial weight bearing orthosis	32.4 normal, 47.6 good, 10 fair, 10 poor