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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_11 | Pages 13 - 13
1 Jun 2017
Dorman S Ayodele O Shelton J Bruce C Perry D George H
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Purpose

The decision to undertake prophylactic pinning to prevent contralateral slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE) remains controversial; we hypothesised that the grade of initial SUFE could predict the grade of a second SUFE and risk of poor outcome.

Method

We retrospectively reviewed radiographs of all children who presented to Alder Hey with a new diagnosis of SUFE between 2007–2014. Of those who developed a contralateral SUFE, grade of first and second SUFE was determined radio-graphically using % slip and Southwick angle on frog lateral radiograph.