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Similar femoral growth and deformity with one screw versus two smooth pins for slipped capital femoral epiphysis.

Panayiotis D MegaloikonomosAndreas F MavrogenisGeorgios N PanagopoulosVasilios G IgoumenouGiannis GiakasChristos ZampakidesDimitrios Pasparakis
Published in: International orthopaedics (2018)
One screw or two smooth pins result in similar longitudinal growth and deformity of the proximal femur after SCFE. The femoral head-neck junction remarkably improves until physeal closure; however, residual cam deformity is not avoided after in situ pinning. The complication rate with smooth pins is higher.
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