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 ...

3D illustration, hip painful skeleton x-ray, medical concept. Limps in children can be the result of infection, trauma, pathologic disease processes, a neoplasm, inflammatory diseases, or ...

The patient was brought to the hospital when his hip discomfort worsened. A set of x-rays confirmed the diagnosis. The mother of a 9-year-old boy reported that her son fell off a two-foot-high stage ...

WARSAW, Ind., June 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OrthoPediatrics Corp. (“OrthoPediatrics”) (NASDAQ: KIDS), a company focused exclusively on advancing the field of pediatric orthopedics, announced today ...

Luthfil Hadi Azman, now 19 , suffered from a hip condition called slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) since he was 12. Hadi underwent multiple surgeries at NUH, including a hip replacement, to ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a hip disorder that can occur during adolescence. In SCFE, the ball at the upper end of the thigh bone (femur) slips in a backward direction through the ...

The evidence on efficacy of open reduction of slipped capital femoral epiphysis is adequate. With regard to safety, there is a risk of avascular necrosis. Therefore this procedure should only be used ...