Acetabular dysplasia is frequently associated with intra-articular
pathology such as labral tears, but whether labral tears should
be treated at the time of periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) remains
controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical
outcomes and radiographic corrections of PAO for acetabular dysplasia
between patients with and without labral tears pre-operatively. We retrospectively reviewed 70 hips in 67 patients with acetabular
dysplasia who underwent PAO. Of 47 hips (45 patients) with labral
tears pre-operatively, 27 (25 patients) underwent PAO alone, and
were classified as the labral tear alone (LT) group, and 20 (20
patients) underwent combined PAO and osteochondroplasty, and were
classified as the labral tear osteochondroplasty (LTO) group. The
non-labral tear (NLT) group included 23 hips in 22 patients.Aims
Patients and Methods