Research Article
The Effect of the Type of Screw Fixation Used in the Treatment of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Table 4
Neck width, neck shaft angle, and articular-trochanteric distance.
| | 6 weeks | 2 years | Observed difference (mm) |
| Neck width | | | | Fully threaded | 36.2 | 41.1 | 4.9 | Partially threaded | 37.9 | 43.3 | 5.4 | | | | value 0.837 | Neck shaft angle | | | | Fully threaded | 138.7 | 136.5 | 2.2 (degrees) | Partially threaded | 137.9 | 136.7 | 1.2 | | | | value 0.914 | Articular-trochanteric distance | | | | Fully threaded | 26.3 | 22.3 | 4 | Partially threaded | 22.9 | 18.7 | 4.2 | | | | value 0.017 |
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