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Review Question - QID 218592

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) Treatment Operative QID: 218592 (SBQ22PE.28)
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QID 218592 (Type "218592" in App Search)
A 13-year-old boy with a history of pituitary adenoma presents with several days of new onset hip pain. His BMI is in the 80th percentile. He is unable to bear weight on the leg. Radiographs of bilateral hips demonstrate a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) of the right hip with a posterior slip angle of 10°. Fixation of the unstable SCFE is planned. Which of the following factors would support prophylactic fixation of the contralateral asymptomatic hip?
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