Twelve patients with healed Perthes' disease who developed pain after a symptom-free period were studied. Several specific causes for the pain were found. These were osteochondritis dissecans with and without loose bodies, the hinging hip, the torn acetabular labrum, and meralgia paraesthetica. Case studies are presented as ifiustrations. The importance
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