In planning teaching to parents of a child with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease about the long-term effects of this disease,the nurse would include that:
A) there are no long-term effects.
B) the disease is self-limited and requires no long-term treatment.
C) degenerative arthritis may develop later in life.
D) there is risk of osteogenic sarcoma in adulthood.

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Marked distortion of the head of the femur may lead to an imperfect joint or to degenerative arthritis of the hip later in life.

In Planning Teaching to Parents of a Child with Legg-Calvé-Perthes