title: Grade-III slipped capital femoral epiphysis with unstability: a report of three cases.
abstract: We reviewed the cases of three patients with an unstable grade-III slipped capital femoral epiphysis treated between 2001 and 2003. Clinical records and imaging studies were reviewed for patient's history, anatomic features of the slip, definitive treatment and clinical outcome. The duration of the follow-up ranged from twenty-four to fourty-eight months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital,n Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. sponer.p@seznam.cz
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sponer
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urban
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence