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CORR Insights^®: Is Assessment of Femoral Head Perfusion During Modified Dunn for Unstable Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis an Accurate Indicator of Osteonecrosis?

Author: Douglas G. Armstrong, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 8/2016

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Few conditions are guaranteed to generate controversy amongst pediatric orthopaedic surgeons as much as unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). Loder [3] coined the term “unstable SCFE” in 1993, and defined it in clinical terms as a patient with a SCFE who is unable to weight bear, even with crutches. However, even that simple definition is not entirely agreed upon [3, 7, 8]. No published studies, individually or in systematic review, have been sufficiently powered to answer basic questions regarding unstable SCFE [8]. Among the questions: What should be the diagnostic criteria? What is the optimal timing for treatment? Which treatment is best? …

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Title: CORR Insights®: Is Assessment of Femoral Head Perfusion During Modified Dunn for Unstable Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis an Accurate Indicator of Osteonecrosis?
Author: Douglas G. Armstrong, MD
Publication date: 01-08-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-4869-1

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