Epiphysiolysis of the hip in transitional age.

Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional, indirect observation and descriptive study. The sample consisted of 67 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, based on the observation of clinical histories. The information was entered into a database using the spss 23.0 program, where tables and graphs of the different variables were made using percentages, mean, standard deviation and for the correlation of ordinal variables the chi-square. Results: The medical records of 67 patients with a diagnosis of slipped superior femoral epiphysis were evaluated, of which the most frequent gender was male with 77.6 % compared to females with 22.The most frequent age was 12 years, with a mean of 12.60 years with a minimum of 8 years and a maximum of 16 years, the most frequent range was 11-13 years with 55.2% followed by 14-16 years with 32.8% and 8-10 years with 11.9%; the patients had an acute presentation in 19.4% of the cases and 80.6% had a chronic presentation.