17 To obtain good mechanical use of the hip joint, the deformed head should be reshaped or replaced, the twisted femoral neck corrected, and the acetabulum made adequate and aligned to the femoral ...

[3] Several studies have reported an 80% incidence of femoral head collapse within 4 years of onset of the disease, if left untreated. [8,9] Treatment options can be separated into nonsurgical ...

Radiographs showed permeative lytic lesions in the right femoral head and surrounding right acetabulum (Fig 1). A bone scan (Fig 2) showed increased activity about the right hip. Further ...

Netherlands: A meta-analysis of data from over 18,000 hips revealed that acetabular dysplasia (AD) significantly raises the ...

Objective: Acetabular labral tears predominantly affect young patients and are a source of ... Hypolaxity of the anterior capsule and the ilio-femoral ligament will increase the tensile loading and ...

Once the joint capsule is exposed, it is incised from the base of the greater trochanter to 1 cm proximal to the acetabular rim. The femoral canal is then reamed and broached without dislocation. The ...