title: Acetabular labrum tears. Diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: An acetabular labrum tear was diagnosed and treated in 56 hips in 55 patients. Mechanical hip pain after a relatively minor injury with an associated click characterized the history. The tear of the labrum was shown with arthrography in 88% of the patients. Overall, 89% of the patients were improved by the diagnosis and treatment of an acetabular labrum tear: all 7 patients treated nonsurgically and 42 of 46 patients treated surgically. In recent years, it has been possible to arthroscopically confirm the diagnosis and treat some of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001175:Arthrography; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D025981:Hip Injuries; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged