Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria

Legg – Calve – Perthes disease (LCPD) is the most common femoral head osteonecrosis in children. Until now, the knowledge of etiology, pathogenesis and clinical signs is partial and does not provide a coherent view of the disease. Despite modern advances in understanding and diagnosing of the diseas...

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Main Authors: A. V. Sertakova, V. Yu. Ulyanov, D. D. Sadchikov
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Published: Scientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems 2024-12-01
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author A. V. Sertakova
V. Yu. Ulyanov
D. D. Sadchikov
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description Legg – Calve – Perthes disease (LCPD) is the most common femoral head osteonecrosis in children. Until now, the knowledge of etiology, pathogenesis and clinical signs is partial and does not provide a coherent view of the disease. Despite modern advances in understanding and diagnosing of the disease, surgical interventions and stress release remain the standard treatment methods. Now there is a need to develop both new strategies for studying the pathogenesis of the disease and choosing methods of its treatment.The aim. Reproduction and development of morphological criteria for the early stage of Legg – Calve – Perthes disease (stages 1–2 by the modified Waldenström classification system).Materials and methods. The research involved 6 young gray giant rabbits (Flandres) aged 3–4 months. The early stages of LCPD were simulated by the pathophysiological model of Kuzhelivsky I.I. et al. (2016) with paraarticular adrenaline injections along with physical activity. We  modified the  physical activity regime for the  subjects by daily free range for 1.5–3 hours.Results. The  experiment confirmed the  validity of  the  modified simulation and designed its morphological criteria. The osteochondropathy process was verified histologically, we also revealed the  classic signs of  damage to  subchondral bone and hyaline cartilage as well as abnormal vascularization of cartilage sites and pathological neoangiogenesis.Conclusion. The  technique of  non-traumatic osteonecrosis simulation in  young rabbits featured initial results in reproducing the pathological links of osteonecrosis process. The cartilage tissue featured the loss of isogeneity in chondrocytes structure and their column-like arrangement; its delamination and replacement with fibrous tissue, including fibroblast-like cells and collagen fibers; cartilage neovascularization and persistent mixed hyperemia. In the bone marrow, only the activation of the red blood cell line was noted. The  bone tissue featured the  abnormality of  osteon structure with a mosaic arrangement of trabeculae as well as lacunar resorption, and osteoblast degeneration.
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spelling doaj-art-9330e1f456ac40fb870b5d4cdcf0534f2025-08-20T03:56:55ZrusScientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction ProblemsActa Biomedica Scientifica2541-94202587-95962024-12-019621822710.29413/ABS.2024-9.6.222839Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteriaA. V. Sertakova0V. Yu. Ulyanov1D. D. Sadchikov2Research Institute of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical UniversityResearch Institute of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical UniversityV.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical UniversityLegg – Calve – Perthes disease (LCPD) is the most common femoral head osteonecrosis in children. Until now, the knowledge of etiology, pathogenesis and clinical signs is partial and does not provide a coherent view of the disease. Despite modern advances in understanding and diagnosing of the disease, surgical interventions and stress release remain the standard treatment methods. Now there is a need to develop both new strategies for studying the pathogenesis of the disease and choosing methods of its treatment.The aim. Reproduction and development of morphological criteria for the early stage of Legg – Calve – Perthes disease (stages 1–2 by the modified Waldenström classification system).Materials and methods. The research involved 6 young gray giant rabbits (Flandres) aged 3–4 months. The early stages of LCPD were simulated by the pathophysiological model of Kuzhelivsky I.I. et al. (2016) with paraarticular adrenaline injections along with physical activity. We  modified the  physical activity regime for the  subjects by daily free range for 1.5–3 hours.Results. The  experiment confirmed the  validity of  the  modified simulation and designed its morphological criteria. The osteochondropathy process was verified histologically, we also revealed the  classic signs of  damage to  subchondral bone and hyaline cartilage as well as abnormal vascularization of cartilage sites and pathological neoangiogenesis.Conclusion. The  technique of  non-traumatic osteonecrosis simulation in  young rabbits featured initial results in reproducing the pathological links of osteonecrosis process. The cartilage tissue featured the loss of isogeneity in chondrocytes structure and their column-like arrangement; its delamination and replacement with fibrous tissue, including fibroblast-like cells and collagen fibers; cartilage neovascularization and persistent mixed hyperemia. In the bone marrow, only the activation of the red blood cell line was noted. The  bone tissue featured the  abnormality of  osteon structure with a mosaic arrangement of trabeculae as well as lacunar resorption, and osteoblast degeneration.https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/5139legg  –  calve  –  perthes diseaseexperimental modelosteonecrosisfemoral headrabbitchildhood
spellingShingle A. V. Sertakova
V. Yu. Ulyanov
D. D. Sadchikov
Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
Acta Biomedica Scientifica
legg  –  calve  –  perthes disease
experimental model
osteonecrosis
femoral head
rabbit
childhood
title Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
title_full Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
title_fullStr Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
title_full_unstemmed Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
title_short Legg – Calve – Perthes disease: Modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
title_sort legg calve perthes disease modification of the experimental design and its morphological criteria
topic legg  –  calve  –  perthes disease
experimental model
osteonecrosis
femoral head
rabbit
childhood
url https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/5139
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