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Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE)

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SUFE (also called Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, SCFE) is the commonest hip disorder of adolescence, in which the femoral head (capital epiphysis) slips posteriorly and inferiorly off the femoral neck through the growth plate. It is a Salter-Harris type I injury of the proximal femoral physis under chronic shear stress, classically seen in the obese pubertal boy presenting with a limp and knee pain. Early diagnos

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