Complete Circumferential Osseous Extension in the Acetabular Rim Occurs Regardless of Acetabular Coverage.

CONCLUSIONS: Complete circumferential osseous extension in the acetabular rim is relatively uncommon. When it occurs, it usually is bilateral, it occurs regardless of acetabular coverage, and it is associated with pain in a minority of patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, prognostic study. PMID: 28512691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research