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 the ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis or SCFE is the most common adolescent hip disease . It is associated with obesity and has a higher incidence among black, Hispanic and Polynesian racial groups. It ...

Open reduction of slipped capital femoral epiphysis aims to relocate the capital femoral epiphysis and centre its position in the acetabulum, while minimising the risk of avascular necrosis by ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition in which the epiphysis covering the femoral head in pre-adolescence and adolescence slips posterior relative to the femoral neck. The incidence ...