Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: Current concepts review

Current Orthopaedic Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-89

  Purcell, Daniel ^a   Varthi, Arya ^b   Lee, Mark C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoroacetabular impingement; In situ screw fixation; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis; Surgical hip dislocation

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; CHONDROLYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISLOCATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FIXATION DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HIP ARTHROSCOPY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 79955890203     PISSN: 19407041     EISSN: 19417551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3181f49e80     Document Type: Review

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