title: Surgical dislocation of the hip in patients with femoroacetabular impingement: Surgical techniques and our experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Arthrosis of the hip is the most common cause of a hip joint disorders. The aim of this study was to present our experience in the application of a safe surgical dislocation of the hip in patients with minor morphological changes in the hip joint, which, through the mechanism of femoroacetabular impingement, cause damage to the acetabular labrum and adjacent cartilage as an early sign of the hip arthrosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have operated 51 patients with different morphological bone changes in the hip area and resultant soft tissue damage of the acetabular labrum and its adjacent cartilage. Surgical technique that we applied in this group of patients, was. adapted to our needs and capabilities and it was minimaly modified compared to the original procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The surgical technique presented in this paper, proved to be a good method of treatment of bone and soft tissue pathomorphological changes of the hip in patients with femoroacetabular impingement. We had no cases with avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and two patients had nonunion of the greater trochanter, 9 patients developed paraarticular ossification, without subjective symptoms, while 3 patients suffered from postoperative pain in the groin during more energetic physical activities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Utilization of our partly modified surgical technique of controlled and safe dislocation of the hip can solve all the bone and soft tissue problems in patients with femoroacetibular impingement to stop already developed osteoarthritis of the hip or to prevent mild form of it.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mladenović
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Andjelković
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Micić
authors.forename: Desimir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mladenović
authors.forename: Predrag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stojiljković
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Milenković
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D057925:Femoracetabular Impingement / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome