Management of Labral Tears in the Hip: A Consensus Statement.

Background: Inconsistencies in the workup of labral tears in the hip have been shown to result in a delay in treatment and an increased cost to the medical system.

Purpose: To establish consensus statements among Canadian nonoperative/operative sports medicine physicians via a modified Delphi process on the diagnosis, nonoperative and operative management, and rehabilitation and return to play (RTP) of those with labral tears in the hip.

Study Design: A consensus statement.

MRI quantification of femoral neck version using the posterior lesser trochanteric line: a comparison of three measurements.

Objective: To validate MRI for the quantification of the femoral neck version (FNV) using posterior lesser trochanteric Line (PLTL) and to compare reliability of the PLTL to the epicondylar and retrocondylar measurements.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 3 T MRI scans performed for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Two musculoskeletal radiologists performed the measurements.

Proximal femoral epiphyseal spurs and their association with acetabular labral tears on MRI in symptomatic patients.

Objective: Femoral epiphyseal spurs are developmental projections that form at the edge of the physis. Although considered incidental, their association with acetabular labral tears has never been examined. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of femoral epiphyseal spurs in symptomatic patients with mechanical hip pain and explore if they are associated with labral tears on MRI.

Knee chondrolysis by infusion of bupivacaine with epinephrine through an intra-articular pain pump catheter after arthroscopic ACL reconstruction.

Background: Postoperative knee chondrolysis caused by continuous intra-articular pain pumps infusing bupivacaine with epinephrine is a rare but serious complication.

Purpose: To determine the association between postoperative intra-articular infusion of bupivacaine with epinephrine and the development of knee chondrolysis in patients who have undergone arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The authors hypothesized that the development of knee chondrolysis after ACLR is associated with postoperative high-dose intra-articular bupivacaine with epinephrine infusion.

Chondrolysis of the glenohumeral joint after infusion of bupivacaine through an intra-articular pain pump catheter: a report of 18 cases.

Purpose: To report on our experience of patients who received infusion of bupivacaine with epinephrine after arthroscopic glenoid labral repair surgery and in whom glenohumeral joint chondrolysis subsequently developed, as well as to determine the incidence of such chondrolysis in our surgeons' patient populations.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 18 patients diagnosed with chondrolysis was carried out. All patients were from 2 experienced orthopaedic surgeons' practices.