Subclinical Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Relationship to Osteoarthrosis of the Hip*

Abstract

We examined the femora of 2665 adult human skeletons from an osteological collection to determine the prevalence of post-slip morphology termed femoral head-tilt deformity by Murray and pistol-grip deformity by Stulberg et al. The hypothesis was that primary osteoarthrosis of the hip is a s