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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 79:470-1 (1997)
© 1997 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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James W. Pritchett, M.D., James M. Hurley, M.D., Randal R. Betz, M.D., Richard S. Davidson, M.D., Howard H. Steel, M.D., Randall T. Loder, M.D. and Philip D. Alburger, M.D.

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In "Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. The Prevalence of Late Contralateral Slip" (78-A: 226–230, Feb. 1996), Hurley et al. looked carefully at age, gender, race, treatment modality, chronicity of the slip, and grade of the contralateral slip. The Discussion section also pointed out that slipped capital femoral epiphysis is probably always bilateral and that even a modest degree of slip can be clinically important with time.

The authors could not determine whether any variable other than the type of treatment was important. In the Discussion section, they raised important points about the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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