Retroversion of the contralateral adult acetabulum after previous Perthes’ disease


Published online: Feb 28 2010

Robert P. Berg, Richard Galantay, Henk Eijer

From the University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre (AMC), The Netherlands

Abstract

Retroversion of the adult acetabulum following a previous Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is found in 30-40% of the patients. It is known that in LCPD there may also be morphologic changes in the non-affected controlateral acetabulum. We investigated the prevalence of retroversion of the contralateral acetabulum in a group of adult patients with a history of LCPD. We found this morphology in 11 out of 36 patients (31%). The aetiology and its relation to Perthes’ disease are discussed.

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