Slipped upper femoral epiphysis: somatic features in children

Objective. To study somatic features of pediatric patients with slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE). Material and methods. An applied, interdisciplinary, exploratory, retrospective study was conducted in which the case histories of 21 children with ICD-10 diagnosis M93 «Slipped upper femoral epiphysis» were studied. Results. It was shown that in the group of pubertal children (14–17 years old), SUFE was significantly more frequent (p < 0.05) than in the group of school-aged children (7–13 years old). Among patients with SUFE, overweight was observed in 95.2% of cases, including obesity in 33.3%. Overweight was detected in 92.3% of male patients and obesity in 46.15%. 87.5% of female patients were overweight and 12.5% were obese. Conclusion. Thus, excessive body weight is a risk factor for the development of SUFE in pediatric patients.