Priority 4 from the Paediatric Lower Limb Surgery PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What are the short term and long term outcome of surgery compared to non-surgical care in the treatment of Perthes Disease? (JLA PSP Priority 4) | |
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| Overall ranking | 4 |
| JLA question ID | 0081/04 |
| Explanatory note | Not available for this PSP |
| Evidence |
Hanna et al. Systematic review of the outcome of total hip arthroplasty in patients with sequelae of Legg–Calve´–Perthes disease. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2017. 137:1149–1154 |
| Health Research Classification System category | Musculoskeletal |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | Do operations for Perthes disease of hip work? ~ What is the best way to treat Perthes? ~ Which surgeries used to treat perthes have the best outcomes long term? |
| Submitted by | See data spreadsheet on JLA website |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0081 |
| PSP name | Paediatric Lower Limb Surgery |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 75 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 17 November 2018 |