Salter's 1980 review synthesizes 15 years of experimental and clinical work to answer three questions in Legg-Perthes disease: what causes late arthritis, what causes femoral head deformity, and how can deformity be prevented. It draws on a piglet ischemic necrosis model and long-term adult follow-up to build the scientific case for containment-based treatment over traditional non-weight-bearing methods.
Salter's 1980 review synthesizes 15 years of experimental and clinical work to answer three questions in Legg-Perthes disease: what causes late arthritis, what causes femoral head deformity, and how can deformity be prevented. It draws on a piglet ischemic necrosis model and long-term adult follow-up to build the scientific case for containment-based treatment over traditional non-weight-bearing methods.