Background: Cam-type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is becoming more recognized. Cartilage lesions of the acetabulum and labral tears are frequently encountered. The goal of this study was to accurately describe and communicate these injuries and thus providing a standard for reporting injury, management, and outcome. Methods: We evaluated
Introduction: In order to investigate the relationship between the degeneration of the
Introduction. Some patients complain ingrown pain or discomfort after implanting Co-Cr conventional endprosthesis of the hip. Some of this complaint may be attributable for effect on cartilage metabolism. It have been reported that ceramic is bioinert for biological tissue. On the other hand, metal including cobalt-chrome (Co-Cr) have some detrimental effect on biological tissue. However, there is no report concerning
Introduction. In recent years, there has been a significant advancement in our understanding of femoro-acetabular impingement and associated labral and chondral pathology. Surgeons worldwide have demonstrated the successful treatment of these lesions via arthroscopic and open techniques. The aim of this study is to validate a simple and reproducible classification system for acetabular chondral lesions. Methods. In our classification system, the acetabulum is first divided into 6 zones as described by Ilizalithurri VM et al [Arthroscopy 24(5) 534-539]. The cartilage is then graded as 0 to 4 as follows: Grade 0 – normal articular cartilage lesions; Grade 1 softening or wave sign; Grade 2 - cleavage lesion; Grade 3 - delamination and Grade 4 –exposed bone. The site of the lesion is further typed as A, B or C based on whether the lesion is 1/3 distance from acetabular rim to cotyloid fossa, 1/3 to 2/3 distance from acetabular rim to cotyloid fossa and > 2/3 distance from acetabular rim to cotyloid fossa. For validating the classification system, six surgeons reviewed 14 hip arthroscopy video clips. All surgeons were provided with written explanation of our classification system. Each surgeon then individually graded the cartilage lesion. A single observer then compared results for observer variability using kappa statistics. Results. We observed a high inter-observer reliability of the classification system with a kappa coefficient of 0.89 (range 0.78 to 0.91) and high intra-observer reliability with a kappa coefficient of 0.91 (range 0.89 to 0.96). In conclusion we have developed a simple reproducible classification system for
Introduction: In recent years, there has been a significant advancement in our understanding of femoro-acetabular impingement and associated labral and chondral pathology. Surgeons worldwide have demonstrated the successful treatment of these lesions via arthroscopic and open techniques. The aim of this study is to validate a simple and reproducible classification system for acetabular chondral lesions. Methods: In our classification system, the acetabulum is first divided into 6 zones as described by Ilizalithurri VM et al [Arthroscopy 24(5) 534–539]. The cartilage is then graded as 0 to 4 as follows: Grade 0 – normal articular cartilage lesions; Grade 1 softening or wave sign; Grade 2 – cleavage lesion; Grade 3 – delamination and Grade 4 -exposed bone. The site of the lesion is further typed as A, B or C based on whether the lesion is 1/3 distance from acetabular rim to cotyloid fossa, 1/3 to 2/3 distance from acetabular rim to cotyloid fossa and >
2/3 distance from acetabular rim to cotyloid fossa. For validating the classification system, six surgeons reviewed 14 hip arthroscopy video clips. All surgeons were provided with written explanation of our classification system. Each surgeon then individually graded the cartilage lesion. A single observer then compared results for observer variability using kappa statistics. Results: We observed a high inter-observer reliability of the classification system with a kappa coefficient of 0.89 (range 0.78 to 0.91) and high intra-observer reliability with a kappa coefficient of 0.91 (range 0.89 to 0.96). Discussion: In conclusion we have developed a simple reproducible classification system for
Purpose: The treatment and prognosis of labral tears secondary to femoroacetabular impingement depends on the severity of the labral injury and whether or not there is concomitant injury and delamination of the adjacent articular cartilage. At present, there is no simple and reproducible technique to determine if there is delamination of the adjacent articular cartilage. We undertook a study to determine if the preoperative presence of a previously undescribed radiographic finding, a “delamination cyst”, correlated with delamination of the articular cartilage at the time of hip arthroscopy. Method: The preoperative radiographs of 125 consecutive hip arthroscopies in which a labral tear was identified intraoperatively were retrospectively reviewed.. In each case an anteroposterior (AP) pelvis and AP, lateral and frog lateral hip radiographs were evaluated for the presence of delamination cysts, perilabral cysts, abnormalities of the femur and acetabulum, as well as arthritic changes. A “delamination cyst” was defined as a subchondral cyst either directly adjacent to a perilabral cyst, or in relation to a subchondral crack in the anterolateral portion of the acetabulum. These findings were then compared and correlated to the intraoperative arthroscopic findings. Results: We identified 16 patients with delamination cysts on radiographs and 15 patients with delamination of the acetabulum on arthroscopy. A strong correlation was found between the preoperative radiographic presence of a delamination cyst and acetabular delamination at the time of arthroscopy – sensitivity of 93.3%, specificity of 98.8%, positive predictive value of 93% and a negative predictive value of 99% (p=0.034). No other radiographic findings were associated with the status of the articular cartilage. Conclusion: A “delamination cyst” is a previously undescribed and novel radiographic sign that can accurately predict preoperatively which patients with labral tears have associated
Femoroacetabular impingement recently was recognized as cause for osteoarthritis of the hip. There are two mechanism of impingement: (1) cam impingement caused by a non-spherical head, and (2) pincer impingement due to acetabular overcover. We hypothesized that both mechanism result in different articular damage patterns. Of 302 analyzed hips only 26 had an isolated cam and 16 an isolated pincer impingement. Cam impingement caused anterosuperior
Aims. Acetabular edge-loading was a cause of increased wear rates in metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties, ultimately contributing to their failure. Although such wear patterns have been regularly reported in retrieval analyses, this study aimed to determine their in vivo location and investigate their relationship with acetabular component positioning. Methods. 3D CT imaging was combined with a recently validated method of mapping bearing surface wear in retrieved hip implants. The asymmetrical stabilizing fins of Birmingham hip replacements (BHRs) allowed the co-registration of their acetabular wear maps and their computational models, segmented from CT scans. The in vivo location of edge-wear was measured within a standardized coordinate system, defined using the anterior pelvic plane. Results. Edge-wear was found predominantly along the superior acetabular edge in all cases, while its median location was 8° (interquartile range (IQR) -59° to 25°) within the anterosuperior quadrant. The deepest point of these scars had a median location of 16° (IQR -58° to 26°), which was statistically comparable to their centres (p = 0.496). Edge-wear was in closer proximity to the superior apex of the cups with greater angles of acetabular inclination, while a greater degree of anteversion influenced a more anteriorly centred scar. Conclusion. The anterosuperior location of edge-wear was comparable to the degradation patterns observed in
This study aims to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients who reported their pre-operative quality of life (QoL) was ‘worse than death’ (‘WTD’) prior to hip arthroscopy (HA) or peri-acetabular osteotomy (PAO). Adult patients who underwent HA or PAO between 1. st. January 2012 and 31. st. October 2020 were extracted from the UK Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry. International Hip Outcome Tool 12 (iHOT-12) and EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) index questionnaires were collected pre-operatively and at 6 and 12 months. WTD was defined as an EQ-5D score of less than zero. Chi-squared and t-tests were used to compare categorical and continuous variables respectively. 8493 procedures (6355 HA, 746 PAO) were identified in whom 7101 (84%) returned pre-operative EQ-5D questionnaires. 283 HA and 52 PAOs declared their pre-operative QoL to be ‘WTD’. Compared to those patients with pre-operative QoL ‘better than death’ (n=6072, control group) (EQ-5D ≥ zero) patients reporting ‘WTD’ function prior to HA were more likely to be female (66% vs 59%, p = 0.013), of higher body mass index (mean 27.6 kg/m. 2. (SD 5.9) vs 25.7 kg/m. 2. (4.5), p < 0.0001) however there were no statistically significant differences in mean age (36.8 vs 36.4 years), femoroacetabular impingement pattern, or femoral or
Summary. The dGEMRIC index correlates more strongly with the pattern of radiographic joint space narrowing in hip osteoarthritis at five year follow-up than morphological measurements of the proximal femur. It therefore offers potential to refine predictive models of hip osteoarthritis progression. Introduction. Longitudinal general population studies have shown that femoroacetabular impingement increases the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis, however, morphological parameters have a low positive predictive value. Arthroscopic debridement of impingement lesions has been proposed as a potential strategy for the prevention of osteoarthritis, however, the development of such strategies requires the identification of individuals at high risk of disease progression. We investigated whether delayed Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI of Cartilage (dGEMRIC) predicts disease progression. This imaging modality is an indirect measure of cartilage glycosaminoglycan content. Patients and Methods. 34 asymptomatic individuals from a longitudinal cohort study (sibkids) were assessed at baseline with the collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), anteroposterior and cross-table lateral radiographs, 3D morphological MRI, and dGEMRIC at 3T of their index hip. A dGEMRIC index was calculated as a ratio of the anterosuperior
Background. Femoroacetabular impingement due to a reduced femoral head-neck-offset or excessive acetabular coverage will lead to early cartilage lesions of the hip joint. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the relationship between the extent of bony deformity and the presence and extent of cartilage lesions in femoroacetabular impingement. Methods. On the radiographs of 92 hip joints in 86 patients with a mean age of 36.5 ± 9.2 years who were operated on for with femoroacetabular impingement by surgical hip dislocation, the acetabular index of the weight-bearing zone, the center-edge-angle, the inclination of the acetabulum, the lateral-head-extrusion-index, retroversion signs of the acetabulum, the neck-shaft-angle, asphericity, superior and anterior alpha angles, and superior and anterior offset and offset ratios were assessed and correlated to the presence and extent of chondromalazia. Results. Acetabular chondromalazia was found in 60 hip joints. Full-thickness delamination of the
Introduction. Modification in joint loading, and specifically shear stress, is found to be an important mechanical factor in the development of osteoarthritis (OA). Cartilage shear stresses can be investigated using finite element (FE) modelling, where typically in vivo joint loading as measured by an instrumented hip prosthesis is used as boundary condition. However, subject-specific gait characteristics substantially affect joint loading. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of subject-specific joint loading as calculated using a subject-specific musculoskeletal model and integrated motion capture data on acetabular shear stress. Methods. Three healthy control subjects walked at self-selected speed while measuring marker trajectories (Vicon, Oxford Metrics, UK) and force data (two AMTI force platforms; Watertown, MA). A subject-specific MRI-based musculoskeletal model consisting of 14 segments, 19 degrees of freedom and 88 musculotendon actuators, and including wrapping surfaces around the hip joint, was used. All analyses were performed in OpenSim 3.1. The model was scaled to the dimensions of each subject using the marker positions of a static pose. A kalman smoother procedure was used to calculate joint angles. Muscle forces were calculated using static optimization, minimizing the sum of squared muscle activations, and hip contact forces (HCF) were calculated and normalized to body weight (BW). To calculate shear stress, HCFs and joint angles calculated during the stance phase of gait were imposed to a hip finite element model (hip_n10rb) using FFEbio 2.5. In the model, femoral and
Purpose: Treatment of Ficat III and IV femoral head necrosis is a serious challenge and a controversial issue due to the young age of the patients and disappointing results obtained with total hip arthroplasty (THA). We reviewed our experience with the cemented adjusted cup to identify factors leading to surgical revision and assess long-term clinical outcome. Material and methods: Sixty hips presenting necrotic heads were treated by cemented adjusted cups. Mean age of the patients was 33.6 years (range 18–51); 23% women and 77% men. The Ficat classification was: grade II 6%, grade III 85%, grade IV 9%. Mean necrotic Kerboull angle was 192°. In addition, the status of the
Introduction: Subtle deformity of the hip joint may cause osteoarthritis. In femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), cam deformities damage
The objective of this study is to compare three dimensional (3D) postoperative motion between metal and ceramic bipolar hip hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture. Materials and Methods. This study was conducted with forty cases (20 cases of metal bipolar hemiarthroplasty (4 males, 16 females), 20 cases of ceramic bipolar hemiarthroplasty (2 males, 18 females)) from November 2012 to November 2014. Average age was 80.8±7.5 years for the metal bipolar group and 79.3±10.5 years for the ceramic bipolar group. We obtained motion pictures from standing position to maximum abduction in flexion by fluoroscopy then analyzed by 2D–3D image matching method. The motion range of the “Shell angle”, “Stem neck angle” and the “Stem neck and shell angle” has been compared between the metal bipolar group and the ceramic bipolar group (Fig. 1). Results. Metal bipolar showed greater variability of the Stem neck angle and Shell angle than ceramic bipolar. Six of the twenty cases reached unilateral oscillation angle of 37 degrees in metal bipolar. In other words, 30% of metal bipolar group revealed neck-shell impingement. No case reached oscillation angle of 58 degrees in ceramic bipolar group. There was no significant difference between the metal bipolar group and the ceramic bipolar group with respect to the difference of minimum and maximum angle of Stem neck angle (movement range of the stem neck) and Shell angle (movement range of the bipolar cup). On the other hand, difference of minimum and maximum angle of the Stem neck and shell angle (movement range of the inner head) was significantly greater in the metal bipolar group than the ceramic bipolar group. Movement, range of bipolar shell was significantly greater than that of inner head in both groups (Table 1). Discussion. The present study is the first report using 2D–3D image matching method in bipolar impingement. From the result of our study, bipolar shell moves greatly against the
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a pathologic condition of the hip that leads to osteoarthrosis. The goal of the surgical hip dislocation is to correct the bony malformations to prevent the progression of osteoarthrosis. We investigated the topographical cartilage thickness variation in patients with FAI and early stage osteoarthrosis using an ultrasonic probe during surgical hip dislocation. We performed a prospective case-series of 38 patients (41 hips) that underwent surgical hip dislocation. The mean age at operation was 30.6 (range, 18–48) years. Indication for surgery was symptomatic FAI with 4 hips (10%) with pincer-type, 7 hips (17%) with cam-type, and 20 hips (73%) with mixed-type of FAI. Cartilage thickness was measured intraoperatively using an A-mode 22 MHz ultrasonic probe at 8 locations on the
Eccentric reductions may become concentric through femoral head ‘docking’ (FHD) following closed reduction (CR) for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). However, changes regarding position and morphology through FHD are not well understood. We aimed to assess these changes using serial MRI. We reviewed 103 patients with DDH successfully treated by CR and spica casting in a single institution between January 2016 and December 2020. MRI was routinely performed immediately after CR and at the end of each cast. Using MRI, we described the labrum-acetabular cartilage complex (LACC) morphology, and measured the femoral head to triradiate cartilage distance (FTD) on the midcoronal section. A total of 13 hips with initial complete reduction (i.e. FTD < 1 mm) and ten hips with incomplete MRI follow-up were excluded. A total of 86 patients (92 hips) with a FTD > 1 mm were included in the analysis.Aims
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Background: Acetabular labral tears are increasingly recognised as a cause of hip pain in young adults and middle aged patients. Degenerative acetabular conditions and sporting activities can cause labral injury. Recent interest has focussed on anterior femoroacetabular impingement as a cause of labral injury, progressive articular cartilage damage and secondary osteoarthritis. Labral tears are difficult to diagnose clinically or with conventional radiographic techniques. Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of MR arthrography in locating labral tears and articular cartilage defects compared with hip arthroscopy. Materials and Methods: 200 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of acetabular labral tear underwent hip arthroscopy. All of them had a preoperative Magnetic Resonance Arthrogram done by a single musculoskeletal radiologist using a standard protocol. The labrum was assessed for abnormalities of morphology and signal intensity. Acetabular articular cartilage defects were expressed as a reduction in joint space. All hip arthroscopies were done by a single surgeon after a trial period of conservative therapy consisting of activity modification, physiotherapy and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications. All procedures were recorded digitally and documented in an operative report. Labral tears and
Research on hip biomechanics has analyzed femoroacetabular contact pressures and forces in distinct hip conditions, with different procedures, and used diverse loading and testing conditions. The aim of this scoping review was to identify and summarize the available evidence in the literature for hip contact pressures and force in cadaver and in vivo studies, and how joint loading, labral status, and femoral and acetabular morphology can affect these biomechanical parameters. We used the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews for this literature search in three databases. After screening, 16 studies were included for the final analysis.Aims
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Introduction: The aim of this study is to develop a novel approach to tissue engineering in vivo, in which the adaptive response of skeletal tissues to the imposed mechanical environment will be utilised to induce a cartilaginous resurfacing of the acetabular articulation in a hemi-arthroplasty model of hip replacement. Our hypothesis was that a cartilaginous resurfacing of subchondral bone can be induced by applying stresses of 0 to 3 MPa to the articular surface of the acetabulum. We used an ovine hemiarthroplasty model where the stresses on the acetabulum were engineered by using different femoral head sizes. Methods: Three groups of six sheep received unilateral hip hemi-arthroplasties and were sacrificed 24 weeks post-operatively to harvest the acetabula. At operation,