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
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Celebrating 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…
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…
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…
Joined at the Hip Episode 1
Join our Facebook Live Event 7:00pm CDT on Thursday, October 18th: Joined At The Hip: with Earl Cole (Perthes Kids Foundation) & Dr. Harry Kim (International Perthes Study Group” Episode…
Hipvasc - A quantitative method to assess blood flow to the femoral head
Recently, several IPSG members travelled to Dallas to learn how to use Hipvasc, an imaging software developed for Perthes disease MRI measurements. Several centers are obtaining perfusion MRI scans of…
Is there a role in suppressing inflammation in Perthes disease? A mouse model knockout study.
Article Highlight: Kuroyanagi G, et al., Interleukin-6 deletion stimulates revascularization and new bone formation following ischemic osteonecrosis in a murine model. Bone. 2018 Aug 17. Pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30125727 A recent publication by…