title: Treatment of SCFE in a healthy 5-year-old child: case report and review.
abstract: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis is a common adolescent hip disorder and when patients present at an age younger than 10 years, it is atypical and there is often some identifiable associated metabolic or endocrinologic abnormality. We present the case of a 5-year-old boy with idiopathic bilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis. This patient underwent staged bilateral pinning in situ using a uniquely modified screw where the distal threads were machined-off for smooth fixation across the physis. The patient had an unremarkable postoperative course and showed evidence of remodeling and patent physes at 1-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Meredith A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Van Gelderen
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D001863:Bone Screws; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome