Kulazhenko Y. Early diagnosis and complex treatment of Perthes'S disease. Clinical - experimental study

In the dissertation the problem of early diagnosis and complex conservative and surgical treatment of Perthes's disease is solved. An experiment on 94 growing rabbits was conducted were an original model of aseptic necrosis of the head. For the first time computer thermography and photodensitometry was used for early diagnosis. Were conducted clinical observations and treatment results of 996 children with Perthes's disease, who were treated conserva-tively, 127 -surgically, and 20 adults, who undertook Perthes's disease in childhood. Was proposed a working classification of Perthes's disease. As a result of diagnosis improvement the number of children who began the treatment at the 1st stage increased in 18,1%. Excellent result of conservative treatment increased on 14,8%. Surgical treatment gave 70% of excellent and good result.