Validity and Clinical Consequences of a Rotational Mechanism for Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Liu RW, Fraley SM, Morris WZ, Cooperman DR. Validity and Clinical Consequences of a Rotational Mechanism for Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2016, 36: 239-246. PMID: 25812143, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000000438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapital femoral epiphysisStable SCFEVarus deformityClinical consequencesFemoral epiphysisSlipped Capital Femoral EpiphysisAxial plane deformityImmature femoraAvascular necrosisAnatomic supportLateral epiphyseal vesselsPlane deformityProtective effectRotational deformityPosterior displacementCadaveric studyVessel stretchVarus componentRetroversion deformityDeformityEpiphyseal vesselsCharacteristic deformitiesSCFEAnatomic dataEpiphysis