Juan Pretell-Mazzini, Victor Rodriguez-Vega, Jorge Muñoz-Ledesma, Eva María Andrés-Esteban, Rafael Marti-Ciruelos, José Luis González-López, Angel Curto-De la Mano
PURPOSE: The aim of our study is to report our complication rate and analyze the associated risk factors when removing cannulated stainless steel screws for SCFE fixation. METHODS: This was a multicenter retrospective study of patients who underwent removal of cannulated stainless steel screws after a mean time of 2.03 years of implantation. Thirty-two patients were included (38 hips) with a mean of 13.7 years of age during screw removal surgery. The mean post-removal follow up time was 1...
August 2012: Journal of Children's Orthopaedics