Abstract
Perthes disease is a severe condition of the hip joint affecting mostly children between 3-8 years of age. A major progress of conservative and operative treatment methods has been marked in the last decades with one common goal: preventing the most severe complication - early osteoarthritis of the hip joint.
In the case of early diagnosis and the correct choice of a treament method this riks can be minimalized. Basic surgicall techniques include the Salter pelvic osteotomy, often combined with a procedure on the proximal femur.
The most important goal in conservative treatment options is physiotherapy aiming to secure the abduction position of the hip in order to achieve free range of movement in the hip joint.