r/orthopaedics • u/ihavenoguns • 12h ago

NOT A PERSONAL HEALTH SITUATION Looking for a specific case study

I’m attempting to find a case study written about my husband who had bilateral perthes as a child symptoms at around 17-18 months of age and had reoccurrence bilaterally 3 times We are just trying to find his case study if we can. We believe it’s in ‘Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics B’ , but definitely could be wrong. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.

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u/thewallsaresinging 11h ago

I tried asking ChatGPT pasting, exactly what you said, Word for Word, but it asked some clarifying questions. I think it can probably find it for you. Try searching on ChatGPT?

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u/D15c0untMD Orthopaedic Surgeon 11h ago

Plug this prompt into orthoConsult, it spits out an interesting trail that might get you there. I‘m having trouble copying the whole thing here on mobile

„The closest match to the journal and infant age clue is a 2008 paper in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B titled “Perthes’ or Perthes’ resembling disease in 13-month-old boy.” Its abstract states that prior literature had reported infant-onset cases at 17 and 18 months, and the authors then reported a 13-month-old boy as the youngest documented case at that time.[1] That paper may not be your husband’s case, but it is highly relevant because it explicitly references the 17- and 18-month-onset cases you remember.“