Perthes disease

It is the most common disease that affects the hip joint in children from 4 to 8 years of age, and most cases do not require surgical intervention as long as the head of the femur is completely contained within the joint.
If the head of the femur is displaced outside the joint, such as this, the surgical intervention aims to recontain the joint. The success of this surgery is represented by the re-rotation of the head of the femur, as shown in the pictures of one of the cases we performed to contain the hip joint.
Diagnosis and surgical intervention in the early stages increase the success rates of surgery. In late cases that are considered for treatment, the problem is the lack of rotation of the head of the femur, and surgical treatment at this stage aims to restore the rotation of the head of the femur to relieve pain and lameness while walking.
Safe surgical dislocation of the hip joint is the latest surgical technique to repair hip deformities in children and adolescents.
These surgeries succeed in relieving pain, improving range of motion, and reducing the occurrence of early joint roughness.