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Ask a Surgeon (In Spanish)
Recently, Perthes.org hosted Dr. Leah Cobb on a Q&A session in Spanish. For Spanish speaking patients and families, check out the recording here
Read moreCelebrating 2018
Wishing everyone a happy holidays from the IPSG team. 2018 was a great year for IPSG. Some of the highlighted accomplishments are as follows: IPSG 2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Over 300 patients enrolled in multicenter study • 2018-2020 POSNA registry grant (50k per year x 3 years) awarded • Three POSNA abstract submissions and one EPOS
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Perthes research output
It takes significant effort to understand, treat, and cure a rare condition such as Perthes disease. As a medical community, we need to advocate for more research efforts, funding, and energy directed to Perthes disease. For 2017, only 47 research studies were published on Perthes disease, as opposed to 1174 studies published for anterior cruciate ligament
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IPSG 2018 Annual Meeting
We had a great annual IPSG meeting in Dallas a few weeks ago. Not only did we discuss the status of current research studies on Perthes, but we also had a chance to interface with leaders of the Legg Calve Perthes Foundation and Perthes Kids Foundation. We are continually inspired by the kids with Perthes
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