title: [Is open surgery effective in early-term in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of open surgical treatment including safe femoral head dislocation, femoral neck osteochondroplasty and labral repair in early-term following surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between April 2006 and January 2010, 22 hips of 22 patients (13 males, 9 females; mean age 33.3 years; range 17 to 52 years) who  underwent open surgical treatment due to femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) were retrospectively analyzed. Thirteen of the patients had bilateral and nine patients had unilateral FAIS. The mean follow-up was 27.5 months (range, 6-51 months). The functional evaluation of the patients was performed using Harris hip score both pre- and postoperatively after union was achieved in the trochanteric osteotomy site.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean preoperative Harris score was 54.3, increasing to 70.6 postoperatively. The mean internal rotation of hip, which was 10.5 degrees preoperatively, increased to 15.2 degrees postoperatively. With regard to the patient satisfaction, 18 of 22 patients reported that they were satisfied with the surgical treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study results showed that  we concluded that safe hip dislocation and open osteochondroplasty of femoral head is an effective method in the treatment of FAIS, originating from different etiological factors.
authors: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. nzmttn@yahoo.com
authors: Nizamettin
authors: N
authors: Koçkara
authors: Ayşegül
authors: A
authors: Bursali
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Issin
authors: Sükrü Sarper
authors: SS
authors: Gürsu
authors: Timur
authors: T
authors: Yildirim
authors: Vedat
authors: V
authors: Sahin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D057925:Femoracetabular Impingement / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function