Objective: to determine the prevalence of radiographic signs of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) in asymptomatic adults and correlate them with data from physical examinations. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with 82 asymptomatic volunteers, 164 hips, between 40 and 60 years of age, selected by convenience. They were submitted to anamnesis and clinical examination of the hip, an...

AIMS The aim of this study was to establish preoperative factors associated with a good outcome in the surgical treatment of femoroacetabular impingement. METHODS A prospective study including 253 consecutive patients (280 hips) was carried out. We defined a "good" score as one which had either a 20 point improvement from preoperative to 12 months postoperative follow-up, or a score of over 8...

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is pain due to shape mismatch at the hip joint commonly affecting young athletes, and there are 2 main types depending on which bone has underlying deformity: cam (femoral) pincer (acetabular). Hip arthroscopy an invaluable technique in sports surgeon repertoire, a need for comprehensive tutorial that elucidates best practices nuances. Indications:...

Introduction Recent evidence suggests that abnormal hip morphology may be the primary cause of osteoarthritis of the hip in young adults. Hip pathomorphology is manifested as acetabular deficiency or malorientation, or as femoral deformity or malorientation, and most commonly as a combination of these problems. Contemporary surgical intervention for hip preservation has been directed toward cor...

A 32-year-old male presented to us with 6-month symptoms of unilateral spinal claudication (L3 right) together with lumbar pain and intermittent tenderness of the right sacroiliac joint with insidious onset and slow progression. The pain was also occasionally localized to the anterior groin or the lateral aspect of the right hip including sporadic indolent popping. Pain relief was exclusively a...

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the anatomical and functional characteristics with therapeutic failure in patients with femoroacetabular impingement, who underwent hip arthroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cohort study was performed on 179 patients with femoroacetabular impingement who underwent hip arthroscopy between 2004 and 2012. The demographic, anatomic...

This is a retrospective review of two adult siblings with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type III (according to Sillence classification), who sustained a spontaneous femoral neck fracture and subsequent nonunion. The diagnosis of OI in these two patients was made based on clinical, radiological and genetic findings. The fracture was most likely caused by femoroacetabular impingement secondary to ...