Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 1 Overview of skin incision and the underlying muscles (Figure taken with permission from “Periacetabular osteotomy in the treatment of severe acetabular dysplasia. Surgical technique.” Clohisy JC, Barrett SE,…

Traumatic/direct injury     Femoral neck/head fracture  Hip dislocation  Slipped capital femoral epiphysis Nontraumatic     Corticosteroid use  Alcohol abuse  Idiopathic  Sickle cell disease  Caissons disease  Systemic lupus erythematosus  Cushing disease  Organ…

Injury to peripheral nerves can be broken down into two pathologic changes: damage to the myelin or damage to the axon (i.e., Wallerian degeneration). In demyelination, destruction of the myelin…

Fig. 1 Near-infrared motion capture camera (Vicon Motion Systems Ltd., Oxford, UK) Kinetic analysis at a basic level can involve drawing a free body diagram to estimate two-dimensional forces during…

Fig 1 A 36-year-old female presented with a traumatic right hip fracture-dislocation, with a large, displaced intra-articular femoral head fracture (a). CT scan demonstrated the complex fracture pattern (b). Using…

Fig. 1 The iliopsoas tendon is formed from a confluence of the psoas and iliacus muscles at the level of the inguinal ligament. However, at the inguinal ligament level where…

Protrusion in young adults without OA Deformities Treatment (i) Global overcoverage Rim trim ± labral refixation/reconstruction (ii) High trochanter Neck lengthening + trochanteric advancement (iii) High fossa with negative roof…

Fig. 1 Normal hip anatomy. Fat-suppressed T1-weighted coronal (a, b), sagittal (c, d), and axial oblique (e) images with intra-articular gadolinium. (a, b) The normal triangular-shaped labrum is shown by…

Fig. 1 Surgically dislocated hip demonstrating CAM lesion (inset-bottom) with preoperative anteroposterior radiograph with Dunn view (inset-top) and of a 24-year-old male The amount of acetabular rim resection is determined…