Background Prophylactic pinning of the uninvolved side after unilateral slipped capital
femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is controversial. The alpha angle, a measurement of femoral head …

Background: The risk of a contralateral slip in patients who are first seen with a unilateral
slipped capital femoral epiphysis has been reported to be 2335 times higher than the risk of …

Background Two decision analyses on managing the contralateral, unaffected hip after
unilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) have failed to yield consistent …

Background: The management of the contralateral hip after unilateral slipped capital femoral
epiphysis is controversial. The purpose of this study was to determine, with use of expected …

Background Obesity is a risk factor for developing slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE).
The long-term outcome after SCFE treatment depends on the severity of residual hip …

The purpose of this review was to determine whether the literature supports in situ
prophylactic pinning of the hip contralateral to a hip with a slipped capital femoral epiphysis …

Different anatomic parameters were measured on radiographs of the healthy hip of 47
patients with unilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). Data were compared with …

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is the most common hip disorder in adolescents,
occurring in 10.8 per 100,000 children. SCFE usually occurs in those eight to 15 years of …

In orthopedic literature, there is little consensus regarding the best management of slipped
capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). Controversies and disparate trends derive from …

Background: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) occurs at a rate of 1 in 10,000 to
20,000 children. Methods: A PubMed search was undertaken to evaluate recent SCFE …