[Perthes disease--choice of therapy with reference to psychosocial aspects]

Within the scape of a comparative long-term study between conservative and operative therapy of Perthes'-disease the effort was made to estimate the dimension of the psychic and social detraction in addiction to the method of treatment by a detailed inquiry of 116 patients as well as of their accompanying parents. This happened because of the opinion, that not only the formal result should decide on the choice of therapy, but also in a justifiable dimension the way of treatment should be orientated on patients. The analysis of the anamnestic particulars showed, that also under psycho-social aspects the immediate surgical procedure has the advantage over conservative methods of treatment at Perthes' disease.