View clinical trials related to Legg Calve Perthes Disease.
Filter by:A total of 250 total hip arthroplasties (THA) are performed at the Bezirkskrankenhaus St. Johann. In a majority of those, implants from the company Falcon Medical (Austria) are used. Those implants are undergoing constant development and improvement. To guarantee their clinical performance, this clinical study is evaluating safety and efficacy of all implants produced by Falcon Medical. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effcacy and safety of implants produced and distributed by Falcon Medical. All patients with primary THA and usage of a Falcon Medical implant are included. The outcome measures include intra-operative complications, early post-operative complications, revision for any cause and patient reported outcome (WOMAC questionnaire). All data is prospectively collected in a standardized fashion.
The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical and x-ray results of patients who are treated with core decompression of the hip and the injection of a bone marrow concentrate and the use of the Bone Graft Substitute Genex®.
The incidence of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) ranges from 0.4/100,000 to 29.0/100,000 children <15 years of age. There is significant variability in incidence within racial groups and is frequently higher in lower socioeconomic classes. The typical age at presentation ranges from 4 to 8 years (average 6.5 years).The optimal treatment goal in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is to obtain a spherical femoral head with good congruency to prevent or delay the onset of osteoarthritis after skeletal maturity. There is agreement that patients younger than 5years with a good remodeling capacity have a particularly excellent prognosis, irrespective of treatment.
Patient oriented clinical outcomes have increased in use and popularity and provide a comprehensive assessment of the level of symptoms and function experienced by a patient. Though several measures have been developed and shown to be valid, reliable, and responsive in adults, such efforts have only been rarely undertaken in pediatric populations. Specifically, there has been no validation of the predominant adult hip specific outcome measures, such as the WOMAC and Oxford-12, in children and adolescents. Prior to using such measures in pediatric patients, it is necessary to establish the psychometric properties of these measurements in this population. The objective of this study is to determine the reliability and validity of the WOMAC hip scores in a pediatric population, between five and nineteen years of age, with Perthes disease. The results of this study will accomplish the above goal, thereby allowing either for widespread use of these measures in pediatric hip disorders or emphasizing the necessity for development of a pediatric hip specific outcome measure.