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Significance of clinical and radiographic findings in young adults after slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Authors: Christoph Zilkens, Bernd Bittersohl, Marcus Jäger, Falk Miese, Johannes Schultz, Jörn Kircher, Bettina Westhoff, Rüdiger Krauspe

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 9/2011

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical and radiographic presentation of young adults in the mid-term follow-up after pinning in situ for mild to moderate slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). We postulated that there was a correlation between the degree of head-neck-offset decrease and clinical and radiographic signs of hip joint degeneration. Thirty-eight young adults (average age 23.4 ± 3.6 years old) with various grades of femoral head-neck-offset pathologies were assessed clinically via Harris hip score (HHS), Tegner-Lysholm score (TLS) and Short Form 36 (SF-36), and radiographic signs of OA were measured on plain X-ray films after a follow-up of 11.1 ± 3.8 years. We conclude that clinical and radiographic signs of joint degeneration appear early in the follow-up after SCFE, but there is no linear correlation between offset-pathology and joint degeneration.

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Title: Significance of clinical and radiographic findings in young adults after slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Authors: Christoph Zilkens
Bernd Bittersohl
Marcus Jäger
Falk Miese
Johannes Schultz
Jörn Kircher
Bettina Westhoff
Rüdiger Krauspe
Publication date: 01-09-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-010-1106-5

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