title: Controversies in slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
abstract: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a common adolescent hip disorder. This article reviews the major controversies in SCFE as of the year 2005. These are (1) treatment of the unstable SCFE, (2) the role of osteotomy in the treatment of SCFE, (3) prophylactic fixation of the contralateral hip in children presenting with unilateral SCFE, and (4) methods of fixation in the very young child with SCFE.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 541 Clinical Drive, Suite 600, Indianapolis IN 46202, USA. rloder@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Randall T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Loder
mesh_terms: D001863:Bone Screws; D002648:Child; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography