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Femoroacetabular impingement is an often overlooked cause of hip pain in patients of all ages that can be evaluated and managed using multimodality imaging and various treatment options.
This paper provides a review of the presentation, diagnosis, and management of femoroacetabular impingement.
Raises awareness of femoroacetabular impingement in hip pain; review extends synthesis but leaves prospective validation open.
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is an often overlooked cause of hip pain in patients of all ages. The clinical signs and symptoms, multimodality imaging findings, treatment options, intraoperative findings, and expected outcomes for patients with FAI are illustrated and discussed. KEYWORDS Femoroacetabular - impingement - hip - MR - MR arthrography - cam - pincer - arthroscopy - sports
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Kassarjian et al. (2008) studied this question. Femoroacetabular impingement is an often overlooked cause of hip pain in patients of all ages that can be evaluated and managed using multimodality imaging and various treatment options.
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