A POST-TREATMENT RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS

To analyze the cases of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) submitted to surgery at the Pediatric Orthopedics Surgery service of the Hospital Risoleta Tolentino Neves (HRTN), Belo Horizonte/MG, between 2016 and 2019. Patients treated for SCFE at the HRTN between January/2016 and January/2019 participated in this study. The following data were collected: gender, age, affected side, procedure performed, and postoperative complications. Twenty-one patients were treated at HRTN during the specified period. Among these, most were female (57%) with mean age of 12 years. At the initial diagnosis, about 80% of the patients presented with chronic/acute-on-chronic epiphysis. The left hip was slightly more affected than the right (6:5), with a bilateral rate of 47%, and avascular necrosis was the most frequent complication, occurring in 33% of cases. Slipped femoral capital epiphysis is associated with high morbidity; thus, early diagnosis, endocrine disorder investigation, and appropriate surgical treatment are key for improving these patients' clinical and functional outcome.