An Official Journal of Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN:1897-2276
e-ISSN: 2449-9145
Editorial Office, Orthopaedics Trauma Surgery and Related Research, Poland
Editorial
Slipped femoral epiphysis
Author(s):
Emily Jane*
SCFE (Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis) is an adolescent growth plate condition in which the femoral head shifts
(“slips”) relative to the remainder of the femur. While the head of the femur remains in the hip joint’s cup, the
remainder of the femur shifts. The femur is the thigh’s long bone. There is a “ball” at the end of the femur that
attaches to the hip (called the femoral head). The acetabulum is a “cup” made up of the pelvic bones that houses
the ball. The epiphysis is the end of the head that connects to the remainder of the femur during growth, and the
growth plate connects it to the rest of the femur... Read More»
10.37532/1897-2276.2021.16(1).53
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