Prospective study of Perthes' 8-11

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A prospective, multi-centre, surgeon controlled non-randomised study comparing 6 weeks vs 6 months of postoperative non-weight bearing (NWB) in patients treated with a surgical containment procedure with the onset of Legg-Calve-Perthes' disease between 8 and 11 years of age.

• IRAS ID

  132788

• Contact name

  Nicholas Clarke

• Contact email

  ortho@soton.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

• Research summary

  Summary of Final Results
  Multiple papers are published from this study. all are available here - perthesdisease.org

• REC name

  Wales REC 4

• REC reference

  13/WA/0248

• Date of REC Opinion

  25 Jul 2013

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion