paediatric
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, or slipped upper femoral epiphysis, or 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).
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Groin pain, referred knee and thigh pain, waddling gait, restricted range of motion of leg
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