Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Slipped capital femoral epiphysis is the most common hip abnormality in the adolescent patient. The most ...

A slipped capital femoral epiphysis is a condition in which the epiphysis over the head of the femur slips outward and backwards, putting the hip joint in outward rotation and altering the relation of ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition which affects mostly obese children in their prepubertal years. It is generally not preceded by any trauma to the hip, though a minority of ...

Obese adolescents have an increased risk of slipped capital femoral epiphysis?. Obese adolescents have an increased risk of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). I just read the CME/CE article by ...

The evidence on efficacy of open reduction of slipped capital femoral epiphysis is adequate. With regard to safety, there is a risk of avascular necrosis. Therefore this procedure should only be used ...

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Pathophysiology. The top of the femur, known as the capital femoral epiphysis, serves as the ball of the hip joint when the acetabulum is the socket. In SCFE, the acetabulum holds the femoral head in ...

New research suggests that rising childhood obesity rates are causing more adolescents to develop a debilitating hip disease requiring urgent surgery. New research suggests that rising childhood ...

This is one orthopaedic problem that can be missed without getting diagnosed early, if the symptoms are not read closely — Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE). Simplified, it is a case of the ...

The capital femoral epiphysis is part of the rounded end (ball) at the top of the thigh bone (femur), which fits into the socket of the hip joint. During growth this can slip from its normal position, ...