Hip joint-preserving surgery: beyond the classic osteotomy
Kim, Y.-J.; Ganz, R.; Murphy, S.B.; Buly, R.L.; Millis, M.B.
Instructional Course Lectures 55: 145-158
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-6895 PMID: 16958447 Document Number: 598746
It has been postulated that hip osteoarthritis is often caused by developmental anatomic deformities. Recent studies have demonstrated that relatively subtle anatomic abnormalities such as acetabular retroversion, acetabular overcoverage, and decreased offset of the femoral head-neck junction also may lead to pain and osteoarthritis. Advances in surgical techniques such as the periacetabular osteotomy, safe surgical dislocation of the hip, and hip arthroscopy have provided the surgeon with effective and safe tools to correct these anatomic problems. Clinical and radiographic techniques are used to identify these anatomic abnormalities.