Abstract
Femero acetabular impingement is a common casue of hip and groin pain. Its presence can be expected from clinical examination and confirmed with appropriate imaging. Treatment of the CAM lesion has been well described by Ganz et al and the open treatment of this condition has been shown to be effective. However, there is significant morbidity associoated with this surgery. Arthroscopic treatment of the CAM lesion and also pincer impingement can be safely performed and the techniques will be shown.
We will detail our experience in performing over 500 arthroscopies for femero acetabular impingement. This will be a visual demonstration of the techniques we use on a day to day basis.
We will demonstrate different degrees of rim lesions, labral tears, labral repairs, acetabular rim excision, femero osteochondroplasty, checking impingement and intra-operative techniques for confirming position of resection.
In the future this technique will be widley used to treat FAI by a greater number of surgeons.
The abstracts were prepared by David AF Morgan. Correspondence should be addressed to him at davidafmorgan@aoa.org.au
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