Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 1 Model of femur demonstrating where a tension or compression fracture of the femoral neck would occur Fig. 2 Compression side femoral neck stress reaction (arrow) is noted on…

Total hip arthroplasty Open reduction internal fixation of the femoral neck/head Surgical dislocation of the hip Open reduction of congenitally dislocated hip Labral repair Femoral or acetabular osteo-/chondroplasty Irrigation and…

Fig. 1 MRI of the right hip. T1-weighted coronal (a) and sagittal (b) images demonstrating an osteochondral defect in the weight-bearing region of the right femoral head Preoperative planning is…

Fig. 1 “Flamingo views” can be beneficial as this is a dynamic maneuver demonstrating potential instability, re-creating a vertical shear-type moment on the pubic symphysis and SI joint. The definition…

Fig. 1 Origins of the hip adductor muscles (Reprinted with permission, Cleveland Clinic Center for Medical Art & Photography © 2013. All rights reserved) Numerous nerves and other vascular structures…

Fig. 1 Schematic of a right hip after the approach. A pointed Hohmann retractor sits on the superior pubic ramus, medial to the iliopectineal eminence. The blunt scissors follow the…

Fig. 1 Diagram of the pubic symphysis demonstrates the midline fibrocartilage pubic disk in red and the anteroinferior arcuate ligament in green (Reprinted from [17] with permission from Elsevier) The…

Fig. 1 Frog leg radiograph demonstrating a severe acute SCFE slip A second classification system developed for the presentation of SCFE was proposed by Loder et al. and has seen…

Fig. 1 Arthroscopic view of a deficient labrum in a hip that has undergone previous labral debridements (Courtesy Steadman Philippon Research Institute) Labral Function The acetabular labrum attaches to the…

Fig. 1 Anteroposterior radiograph demonstrating right hip dislocation, with superior displacement of the proximal femur, disruption of Shenton’s line, and the femoral head fragment of a Pipkin Type I injury…