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See the separate leaflet called Perthes' Disease . Slipped capital femoral epiphysis Older children can also develop a problem called slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, Around 10 per 100,000 children will develop a slipped capital femoral epiphysis. As mentioned above, a slipped capital femoral epiphysis...
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE), Synonym: slipped upper femoral epiphysis What is slipped capital femoral epiphysis? Often atraumatic or...
Hip examination is important because some childhood hip conditions (eg, slipped capital femoral epiphysis) can refer pain to the knee. Investigations X-rays can be helpful in the dia...
Perthes' Disease (usually 4-8 years and mostly affects boys). Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (most often occurs in boys aged 10-17 years). Do you need a ph...
Hip pain in children may be caused by conditions unique to the growing skeleton, including Perthes' disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) and apophyseal avulsion fractures of ...
An operation to redirect the ball of the femoral head, known as a femoral varus osteotomy, is sometimes required. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis - in this condition, the femo...
A child who is overweight or obese also has an increased risk of: Joint problems, including wear and tear ( osteoarthritis) and separation of the ball of the hip joint from the upper end of the...
Other causes of knee pain, including: Children and adolescents: referred pain from the hip - eg, slipped capital femoral epiphysis , Perthes' disease and osteochondritis disseca...
In children consider Osgood-Schlatter disease if there is tenderness over the tibial tuberosity, or slipped capital femoral epiphysis if there is pain in one hip or knee (referred symptom...
Children with a limp - to exclude septic arthritis, non-accidental injury, slipped capital femoral epiphysis. NICE recommends [ 6 ] : Refer for specialist opinion any adult with s...
Slipped Disc (Prolapsed Disc), What causes a slipped disc? It is not clear why some people develop a 'slipped' (prolapsed) disc and not others, even when they do ...
Femoral Nerve Lesion, Arthropathy - femoral nerve palsy secondary to synovitis of the hip joint [ 10 ] . Neonatal - femoral nerve palsy has been reported after breech lie...
Femoral Fractures (Types, Symptoms, and Management), They may affect the neck, shaft or distal (supracondylar) femur. Femoral fractures include: Fractures of the femoral...
Femoral Hernias (Causes, Symptoms and Treatment), What are femoral hernias? Hernias in the groin may be either inguinal or, less commonly, femoral in origin. ...
Other causes include: Referred pain from the hip - eg, slipped upper (capital) femoral epiphysis , Perthes' disease . Osteochondritis dissecans .
Characteristic features include: The essential lesion is loss of blood supply (avascular necrosis) of the nucleus of the proximal femoral epiphysis. Abnormal growth of the ...
Follow-up may reveal acetabular dysplasia in the contralateral hip. [ 12 ] Complications Surgery can result in a number of complications, including re-dislocation, stiffness, blood loss ...
Dislocations in children must be reduced gently in order to avoid injury to the femoral epiphysis. Traumatic dislocations may be anterior, posterior or central. How common i...
Something happens to the small blood vessels which supply the femoral head with blood. So, parts of the femoral head lose their blood supply. As a result, the bone cells in the af...