SCFE: When a limp isn’t just a sprain in adolescents

Dr Jaco Greyling, radiologist and paediatric imaging subspecialist at SCP Radiology.

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) is the most common adolescent hip disorder. It occurs when the ball at the top of the thigh bone (femoral head) slips off the neck of the bone through the growth plate (physis). A bit like an ice cream sliding off a coneโ€ฆ Dr Ryno du Plessis, a renowned orthopaedic…

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