Arthroscopic Hip Joint Assessment can Impact the Indications for PAO Surgery.

Conclusions: Patients in which the PAO was contraindicated, compared to those in which PAO was performed, were older and had significant more severe dysplasia. The main cause of intraoperative disqualification for PAO was advanced articular cartilage disease.Level of Evidence: IV. PMID: 31413688 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Iowa orthopaedic journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Iowa Orthop J Source Type: research