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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 4/2015

01-04-2015 | Symposium: 2014 Bernese Hip Symposium

CORR Insights®: Patient-specific Anatomical and Functional Parameters Provide New Insights into the Pathomechanism of Cam FAI

Authors: Michael Leunig, MD, Nicola Maffiuletti, PhD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 4/2015

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While initially evoking critical skepticism, there has been an almost tsunami-like expansion of surgical interventions and publications related to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). With FAI, surgeons are faced with two main difficulties: (1) Identifying affected individuals and making the correct diagnosis and (2) treating the symptoms associated to FAI, which are further complicated by the fact that the affected patients are young, often active, and sometimes very athletic. …
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Metadata
Title
CORR Insights®: Patient-specific Anatomical and Functional Parameters Provide New Insights into the Pathomechanism of Cam FAI
Authors
Michael Leunig, MD
Nicola Maffiuletti, PhD
Publication date
01-04-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3877-2

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