Slipped capital femoral epiphysis following ipsilateral femoral fracture.
Two cases of femoral fracture with a subsequent complication of ipsilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis point out the possible deleterious effects of angular deformity of the proximal femur during the adolescent growth spurt.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000209:etiology*; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male