Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition where the head of the thigh bone slips off the neck of the bone at the growth plate. The growth plate is the area of cartilage at the end of ...

A slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition in which the head of the femur separates from the adjacent growth plate or epiphysis at the upper end of the femur. It is found to occur ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis is the most common hip abnormality ... Herrera-Soto: I remove all of my prophylactic fixations once the growth plate has closed. I remove the prominent and ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition which ... it is thought that a combination of physiological weakness of the growth plate in the proximal femur and excessive mechanical ...

Recently published results showed a strong association between slipped capital femoral epiphysis with both area-level socioeconomic deprivation and pre-disease obesity, making patients less likely ...

The capital femoral epiphysis forms part of the ball‑and‑socket joint of the hip. In children and adolescents the ball and shaft of the femur are connected by a layer of soft cartilage, known as the ...

Fractures of the tibia through the proximal epiphysis are rare. This injury usually results from severe direct or indirect force about the knee, and has not been described as resulting from a patellar ...

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 ...