Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1972;54:1531-1536.
© 1972 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Anterior Slipping of the Capital Femoral Epiphysis
REPORT OF A CASE
STANLEY L. KAMPNER M.D.1 and
H. ANDREW WISSINGER M.D.1
1 From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School and Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh
The case of a white boy, fourteen and a half years old, who sustained an anterior slipping of the capital femoral epiphysis is reported. A thorough review of the literature failed to reveal any previous reports of this type of slipping. The mechanism of injury is discussed.