[Pain and gait problems in 3 (almost) adolescents with a dislocated hip].

Three young people, a boy aged 15 years and two girls aged 9 years and 13 years, had already suffered groin pain and knee pain for many months. They exhibited an antalgic walk, diminished function of the hip and radiographic signs of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). The complaints disappeared following in situ fixation with one or more screws. Epiphysiolysis of the caput femoris through the growth plate is a disorder of the growing hip. It is the most prevalent hip disease in adolescents. Obese boys are the most commonly affected. The aetiology is not known. The later SCFE is diagnosed and treated, the greater the chance of premature coxarthrosis. Avascular necrosis and chondrolysis are complications that can arise as a result of the operation.