the venous drainage of the femoral neck as a prognostic sign in perthes' disease

Abstract

The correlation between delayed venous drainage from the femoral neck and head at risk factors were studied in 47 patients (50 hips) with Perthes' disease. A good correlation was found between markedly disturbed venous drainage and head at risk factors. Lateral subluxation of the femoral head and Gage's sign correlated best with pathological venography. Thus a severely disturbed venous return from a hip with Perthes' disease seems to be a poor prognostic sign. © 1980 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.