Can a clinical assessment predict the functional status progression in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome?

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) is a hip joint motion-related clinical disorder with a triad of symptoms, clinical signs, and imaging findings. However, scientific evidence is still unclear regarding the best treatment for FAIS.

Objectives: To assess the value of a physical therapy evaluation in predicting the progression of functional status over the subsequent years in patients with FAIS who are candidates for hip arthroscopy surgery.

Hip muscle weakness and reduced joint range of motion in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: a case-control study.

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is a hip joint motion-related clinical disorder characterized by abnormal contact between the hip joint structures. Abnormal hip morphology and joint pain may impair the hip joint range of motion (ROM) and muscle function. However, FAI effects on hip joint ROM and muscle strength remain controversial.

VALGUSING INTERTROCHANTERIC OSTEOTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF FEMORAL NECK NON-UNIONS: REPORT OF 32 CASES.

Unlabelled: The purpose of the present study was to review the results of femoral neck non-unions treatment with valgusing intertrochanteric osteotomy.

Methods: Between 1988 and 2003 we treaded thirty two femoral neck non-unions with valgusing osteotomy and fixation. The mean follow-up time was 9.

Relationship between surgical volume and early outcomes of total hip arthroplasty: do results continue to get better?

This retrospective study explored the relationship between the volume of total hip arthroplasties (THA) and postoperative mortality and early complications from a single institution. One thousand hip arthroplasties in 932 patients were identified during a 1-year period, which included 786 primary and 214 revision hip arthroplasties. The postoperative 6-month combined medical and orthopedic complication rate for primary and revision THA was 7.

Complications associated with reimplantation after girdlestone arthroplasty.

Complications associated with reimplantation of a total hip arthroplasty after resection or Girdlestone arthroplasty for treatment of an infected hip are not well-documented. Forty-four hips in 44 patients with a minimum 2-year followup (range, 2-9 years) from the time of reimplantation total hip arthroplasty were evaluated retrospectively. The average Harris hip score changed from 40 preoperatively to 78 at the latest followup.

Ten to fifteen-year follow-up after total hip arthroplasty with a tapered cobalt-chromium femoral component (tri-lock) inserted without cement.

Background: Fixation of the femoral component of a total hip arthroplasty without cement has had variable results. While tapered stems appear to have consistently good results, the duration of follow-up in many series has been relatively short. The purpose of this study was to present a longer-term (ten to fifteen-year) follow-up after total hip arthroplasty with insertion of a tapered femoral component without cement.

Hip arthroscopy: a unique inferomedial approach to bullet removal.

Most arthroscopic approaches allow for inspection of the lateral part of the hip joint, but visualization of the medial part is difficult. This article describes the removal of a bullet lodged in the right femoral head of a 33-year-old man. By using an inferomedial arthroscopic approach, we avoided a formal arthrotomy and the disadvantages of other arthroscopic approaches, which include the need for alternate portals, the need for traction, and the risk of both articular cartilage and acetabular labrum damage.