Is Perthes curable?
It is not curable because we don’t know the cause. However, it is a self-healing disease, meaning the body is able to heal the bone in the femoral head that is affected. The healing process and the duration of the disease seem to vary from patient to patient. The clinical outcome also varies, depending on the age of the patient, the extent of femoral head involvement and the lateral pillar height (see illustration on Legg-Perthes web page).
