Oct 23, 2024 · Slipped upper femoral epiphysis is a type I Salter-Harris growth plate injury due to repeated trauma on a background of mechanical and probably hormonal predisposing factors. During growth, there is a widening of the physeal plate which is particularly pronounced during a …

In a suspected acute SUFE, order a standard AP pelvis X-ray, and a cross-table lateral x-ray, but NOT a frog-leg lateral xray as moving to this position may disrupt the vascular supply to the head of femur.

Mar 31, 2024 · Grading of SUFE (slipped upper femoral epiphysis) can be made on both AP and true lateral projections. On an AP radiograph a line along the superior margin of the femoral neck (line of Klein) should intersect the lateral corner of the epiphysis. Slip is graded based on the displacement of the epiphysis in relation to the metaphysis 3:

Oct 4, 2017 · Definition: Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE), also known as Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE), is characterized by a displacement of the capital femoral epiphysis from the femoral neck through the physeal plate. Epidemiology. Incidence: 1/1000 and 1/10,000 (Kelsey 1970). Boys: 13.5 yrs, respectively.

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE or skiffy, slipped upper femoral epiphysis, SUFE or souffy, coxa vara adolescentium) is a medical term referring to a fracture through the growth plate (physis), which results in slippage of the overlying end of the femur (metaphysis).

Rapid growth associated with increased chondrocyte proliferation and increase height of zone of hypertrophy. Increased height may contribute to decreased physeal strength. Symptoms: Duration <3 weeks. Pain typically too severe to allow weightbearing.

Slipped upper femoral epiphysis - often more commonly called slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) - is the most commonly affecting hip disorder seen in adolescents principally aged 8 to 15 years, where the upper femoral epiphysis on the metaphysis (femoral neck) slips through the epiphyseal plate (growth plate), usually in a posterior and in...

SUFE should be suspected in any child or prepubertal adolescent presenting with a limp and groin, thigh or knee pain. Key investigations include an AP pelvis and frog-leg lateral X-ray. Patients should be made non–weight-bearing and urgently referred to …

SUFE is a leading cause of femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI). In adults, the hip becomes painful when there has been enough damage in the joint. The first symptom is often mild groin discomfort.

Apr 4, 2023 · Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE), also known as a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), is a relatively common condition affecting the physis of the proximal femur in adolescents. It is one of commonest hip abnormalities in …