An 8-year-old-male child with Legg–Calve–Perthes disease of the left hip. He had a history of left sided hip pain of moderate severity and antalgic gait of 2 months duration. The pain restricted his sport-related activity. There were no associated constitutional symptoms. He had a painful limited range of motion of his hip on physical examination. Plain radiographs showed lateral pillar type B. The patient underwent same index procedure. Time of external fixator application was 3 months. No intra-or postoperative complications were encountered. Postoperative protocol was followed smoothly. At the final follow up, he had improved range of motion of the involved hip joint. Radiologically, all scores that were tested, were also improved. (-)
A 7- year-old-male child with Legg–Calve–Perthes disease of the right hip. He presented with moderate right-sided hip pain and antalgic gait of 3 months duration. The pain led to restriction of daily life activities. There were no associated constitutional symptoms. A painful limited range of motion of his hip was clear on examination. The knee exam was normal. Plain radiographs showed lateral pillar type C. The patient underwent same index procedure, where the external fixator kept for 3.5 months. No intraoperative complications were observed. Postoperative protocol was followed smoothly. At the final follow up, he showed improvement in all physical and radiological parameters. (-)