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ReviewJournal of hip preservation surgery2024

Review of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.

Fernando Gómez-Verdejo, Elsa Alvarado-Solorio, Carlos Suarez-Ahedo

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Review in Journal of hip preservation surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Defining the postoperative alpha angle threshold for improved outcomes in posterolateral cam lesions.Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy · 2026
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  14. Levels of evidence.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Fernando Gómez-VerdejoTrauma Department, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra, Calzada México-Xochimilco No. 289 Colonia Arenal de Guadalupe Delegación, Tlalpan C.P., Ciudad de México 14389, México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1837-0064
Elsa Alvarado-SolorioRehabilitation Department, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra, Calzada México-Xochimilco No. 289 Colonia Arenal de Guadalupe Delegación, Tlalpan C.P., Ciudad de México 14389, México.
Carlos Suarez-AhedoHip and Knee Adult Reconstruction Department, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra, Calzada México-Xochimilco No. 289 Colonia Arenal de Guadalupe Delegación, Tlalpan C.P., Ciudad de México 14389, México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9766-2411

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) is a common condition of the hip that can cause significant damage to the joint, leading to degeneration and osteoarthritis. FAIS constitutes an abnormal and dynamic contact between the femoral head-neck junction and the acetabular rim, resulting from altered bone morphology at one or both sites. Repetitive trauma at the site of impingement generates progressive damage to the acetabular labrum, chondrolabral junction, and articular cartilage. Proper diagnosis based on patient symptoms, specific clinical signs, and imaging findings will guide treatment and ultimately allow preservation of the native hip joint. Common symptoms in patients with FAIS include pain, clicking, catching, buckling, stiffness, giving way, and a limited range of motion of the hip. Specific clinical maneuvers can aid diagnosis, such as flexion adduction internal rotation and flexion abduction external rotation tests. Imaging diagnosis includes orthogonal hip and pelvis X-ray views, as well as magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance arthrogram imaging. Initial treatment of FAIS can be conservative and include physical therapy, intra-articular injections, and activity modification. Currently, the preferred surgical management consists of hip arthroscopy, which aims to correct bony abnormalities, repair or reconstruct labral lesions and address other intra-articular and extra-articular derangements as needed.

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PMCPMC11744475

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