Current concepts of treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome.
September 9, 2024
Current concepts of treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome.
Authored By: Samer SS Mahmoud, MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Rohit Rambani, FRCS (Tr&Orth), PhD., MB BCh, PhD, Alex Thabane, MSc, Mohit Bhandari, O.Ont, C.M, MD PhD, FRCSC
In 1999, Myers and Ganz coined the term “Femoroacetabular Impingement” (FAI), which was initially thought to be a complication of periacetabular osteotomy surgery1. Subsequently, the FAI Syndrome (FAIS) became more recognised as a source of symptoms in native hips. FAIS is a condition resulting from motion-related mechanical conflict between the femoral head-neck junction and the acetabular rim2. This can be due to an abnormal morphology of the head-neck junction identified as cam lesion, or excessive protrusion of the acetabular rim known as pincer lesion. Although different locations of both the cam and the pincer lesion
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