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Staging and Classification of Severity of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease and Its Relevance

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Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) remains controversial regarding treatment and outcome. In order to bring uniformity to the discussion of management of LCPD, researchers and clinicians must be able to reliably stratify LCPD patients by disease severity and stage at presentation. The intervention offered and ultimately the treatment outcome may be impacted by the disease stage and severity. It is essential to control for these confounding variables by grouping patients accurately and precisely, regardless of observer.

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  1. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA

    Joshua E. Hyman

  2. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York, NY, USA

    Katherine Rosenwasser

  3. Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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Hyman, J.E., Rosenwasser, K., Trupia, E. (2020). Staging and Classification of Severity of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease and Its Relevance. In: Feldman, D.S., Paley, D. (eds) Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0854-8_2

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