Background This study aimed to describe chondropathy prevalence in adults who had undergone hip arthroscopy for hip pain. The relationships between chondropathy severity and (1) participant ...

Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) between an abnormal proximal femur or acetabulum, or both, results in repetitive microtrauma and early damage to the cartilage and labrum of the hip joint ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Arthroscopic labral repair may yield superior outcomes for femoroacetabular impingement vs. labral ...

I have found it rare to perform a labral repair in my patient population, which averages in the 30 to 40 year-old age range. Trousdale: If the patient is younger and has major structural problems, we ...

A hip (acetabular) labral tear is damage to cartilage and tissue in the hip socket. The labrum is a band of tough cartilage and connective tissue that lines the rim of the hip socket, or acetabulum.

The acetabular labrum is a ring of protective cartilage. It lines the rim of your hip socket (acetabulum). Your acetabular labrum holds your thigh bone securely in the joint, which allows flexibility ...

Hip or femoro–acetabular impingement results from abnormalities of the femoral head or the acetabulum. It can be caused by jamming of an abnormally shaped femoral head into the acetabulum, or by ...

Background Ice hockey players are reportedly at increased risk to suffer hip injuries. This may be due to repetitive hip positions during the ice hockey skate stride. Objective To determine if ...

Last week, John McClain of the Houston Chroniclereported that Houston Texans safety Ed Reed underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip. Depending on the exact nature of Reed's ...