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01-03-2011 | Clinical Research

CT Reveals a High Incidence of Osseous Abnormalities in Hips with Labral Tears

Authors: Mark M. Dolan, MD, Benton E. Heyworth, MD, Asheesh Bedi, MD, Gavin Duke, MD, Bryan T. Kelly, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 3/2011

Abstract

Background

Acetabular labral tears are being diagnosed with increasing frequency and there is a growing consensus that these tears rarely occur in the absence of osseous abnormalities.

Questions/purposes

We therefore determined the presence of structural abnormalities in patients with acetabular labral tears using a standardized CT protocol.

Methods

We evaluated 135 consecutive patients with labral tears diagnosed by MRI with CT scans of the symptomatic hip. The CT scans were evaluated in a standardized fashion to determine acetabular and femoral pathomorphologic features. Acetabular evaluation included version measurements and anterior and lateral center-edge angles. Femoral parameters evaluated included version, alpha angle, and neck-shaft angle.

Results

One hundred twenty-two (90%) of the 135 hips had structural abnormalities. One hundred two (76%) had an alpha angle greater than 50°, 18 (13%) had femoral version less than 5°, 22 (16%) had femoral version greater than 25º, and five (4%) had coxa valga. Fifty-eight (43%) patients had acetabular retroversion and five (4%) had a lateral center-edge angle less than 20º. Of the 58 patients with acetabular retroversion, 23 had isolated cranial retroversion, 12 had isolated central retroversion, and 23 had combined cranial and central retroversion. Sixty-seven of the 121 hips (55%) with bony abnormalities had a combination of abnormalities.

Conclusions

Ninety percent of patients with labral tears had structural abnormalities seen on CT scans. These structural abnormalities frequently occur in combination, and understanding these underlying morphologic features of the hip can help guide treatment.

Level of Evidence

Level IV, diagnostic study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Title: CT Reveals a High Incidence of Osseous Abnormalities in Hips with Labral Tears
Authors: Mark M. Dolan, MD
Benton E. Heyworth, MD
Asheesh Bedi, MD
Gavin Duke, MD
Bryan T. Kelly, MD
Publication date: 01-03-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1539-6

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CT Reveals a High Incidence of Osseous Abnormalities in Hips with Labral Tears

Abstract

Background

Questions/purposes

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Level of Evidence

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Abstract

Background

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Methods

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Conclusions

Level of Evidence

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