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SUBMITTER: Ochiai D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7768050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroscopy techniques 20201116 12
Hip arthroscopy has been increasingly used to treat labral tears and cam and pincer lesions found in femoroacetabular impingement. Although the classic impingement with cam deformity at the proximal femoral anterolateral quadrant is most common, there has been evidence of cam impingement extension to the anteromedial and posterior quadrants of the proximal femur. Posterior cam decompression carries a theoretical risk of vascular insult and subsequent osteonecrosis, which have led investigators t ...[more]