A 9-year-old-male child with Legg–Calve–Perthes disease of the right hip presented with right sided hip pain and antalgic gait of 4 months duration. The pain led restriction of daily life activities. 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 C. The patient underwent same index procedure. The external fixation device was maintained for 3 months. No intraoperative complications were encountered. Postoperative protocol was followed smoothly. The postoperative course was uneventful. After removal of the external fixator, the patient showed improvement in the pain score and had a mild Trendelenburg gait. He had also improved range of motion of the involved hip joint. Radiologically, all scores that were tested, were improved at the final follow up. (-) and .
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. (-)