(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
Purpose
Patients with moderate and severe slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) develop osteoarthritis earlier in life in association with mechanical impingement.