A POST-TREATMENT RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS

• Published in: Acta ortopedica brasileira Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 181 - 183
• Main Authors: Gomes, Gustavo Remigio, Nascimento, David Israel DE Carvalho, Gomes, Davi Coutinho Fonseca Fernandes, Oliveira, Lucas Henrique Araujo DE, Campos, Túlio Vinícius DE Oliveira, Andrade, Marco Antonio Percope DE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil ATHA EDITORA 01-08-2021; Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
• Subjects: Child; Hip; Original; ORTHOPEDICS; Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis; Child; Hip; Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis; Escorregamento das Epífises Proximais do Fêmur; Quadril; Criança
• ISSN: 1413-7852; 1809-4406; 1809-4406
• DOI: 10.1590/1413-785220212904237078

To analyze the cases of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) submitted to surgery at the Pediatric Orthopedics Surgery service of the Hospital Risoleta Tolentino Neves (HRTN), Belo Horizonte/MG, between 2016 and 2019.
Patients treated for SCFE at the HRTN between January/2016 and January/2019 participated in this study. The following data were collected: gender, age, affected side, procedure performed, and postoperative complications.
Twenty-one patients were treated at HRTN during the specified period. Among these, most were female (57%) with mean age of 12 years. At the initial diagnosis, about 80% of the patients presented with chronic/acute-on-chronic epiphysis. The left hip was slightly more affected than the right (6:5), with a bilateral rate of 47%, and avascular necrosis was the most frequent complication, occurring in 33% of cases.
Slipped femoral capital epiphysis is associated with high morbidity; thus, early diagnosis, endocrine disorder investigation, and appropriate surgical treatment are key for improving these patients' clinical and functional outcome.