Nonarticular Hip Pain With a Special Focus on Hip Ultrasonography INTRODUCTION Pediatric patients with complex hip pain can be challenging to care for in many ways, as the exact source…
Femoroacetabular Impingement: Surgical Hip Dislocation Approach to the Hip The surgical hip dislocation (SHD) approach was described by Ganz and colleagues1 after studying the anatomy of the medial circumflex artery…
Traumatic Injuries to the Hip: Femoral Neck Fracture and Posterior Dislocation BACKGROUND Traumatic injuries involving the hip in children and adolescents, including femoral neck fracture, posterior hip dislocation, and acetabular…
Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in Sickle Cell Disease FUNDAMENTALS AND BACKGROUND Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder of the red blood cells that leads to chronic hemolytic…
Evaluating the Failed Hip Arthroscopy INTRODUCTION The incidence of hip arthroscopy has been increasing over the last two decades.1 Alongside, there is also an increase in the number of patients…
Pelvic Osteotomy Technique for Pincer Impingement INTRODUCTION Although the proximal femur is the most common source of femoroacetabular impingement, acetabular morphology can also serve as a source of impingement pathomorphology….
Unstable Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS A slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is classified as unstable if the patient has such severe pain that…
Hip Arthroscopic Approach for Femoroacetabular Impingement Treatment BACKGROUND Hip arthroscopy is being increasingly utilized to manage femoroacetabular impingement.1 It provides excellent access to the central compartment as well as the…
Stable Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS Epidemiology and Etiology Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a disorder of the proximal femur in which the…
Femoroacetabular Impingement—Cam, Mixed, and Pincer-Type Treatment Decision-Making INTRODUCTION Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is an abnormal hip kinematics that can lead to joint damage and pain. The modern concept of FAI was…
