The Big BOSS Study is trying to improve the treatment of children aged between 8 and 15 years old who have a hip condition called a Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (also known as a SCFE or SUFE). This is a rare, but important, condition affecting older children. Recruitment opened on 02Nov2023 and will compare the two commonly used treatments in a group of 192 children in whom the SCFE has caused the hip to significantly change shape. The two groups are:
Corrective surgery to improve the shape and stabilise the hip with screw(s)
vs
Keyhole surgery to stabilise the hip with screw(s) without correcting the hip shape.
Please visit our fantastic study information website www.BigBOSSStudy.org for more information.