The Natural History of Osteoarthritis After a Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis/The Pistol Grip Deformity

Castañeda, Pablo; Ponce, César; Villareal, Gabriela; Andrés Galán-Vidal, Carlos

doi:10.1097/bpo.0b013e318277174c

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The Natural History of Osteoarthritis After a Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis/The Pistol Grip Deformity

Published in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics • Jun 13, 2013

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Pablo Castañeda

César Ponce

Gabriela Villareal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The presence of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) after a slipped capital femoral epiphysis is thought to predispose the subsequent development of osteoarthritis (OA); however, there is a lack of evidence to support this hypothesis. METHODS: One hundred twenty-one patients with stable s...

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Medicine

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Femoroacetabular impingement

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