Patient-reported outcomes were not different for patients who underwent acetabular labral base repair and patients who underwent circumferential suture repair, in results of this study of a ...

A comparision of arthroscopic debridement and refixation of the acetabular labrum for femoroacetabular impingement showed that the refixation technique consistently produces good to excellent results ...

This week we are going to discuss injuries to the glenoid (shoulder) labrum and to the acetabular (hip) labrum. The labrum is a fibrocartilaginous O ring which supports and stabilizes the shoulder and ...

Objective: Acetabular labral tears predominantly affect young patients and are a source of hip pain in the athlete. Four causes of the initiation of labral tears have been proposed; trauma, hypolaxity ...

Suddenly the hippest thing in Major League Baseball is getting hip surgery. A startling number of stars are undergoing surgery to repair their acetabular labrum, a ring-shaped piece of cartilage at ...

Labrum is soft cartilage that lines the ball-and-socket joints of the shoulders. This cartilage encircles the glenoid, a cavity in the shoulder blade, providing protection and stability to the ...

A "slight tear" in Percy Harvin's acetabular labrum cost the Seahawks wideout almost all of the 2013 season, and until recently, it threatened his postseason as well. What a difference a couple of ...

THE SPECIALIST: DR. ALEXIS CHIANG COLVIN ON HIP SURGERY: An assistant professor at Mount Sinai and an orthopedic surgeon, Colvin specializes in sports medicine. She performs several hundred surgeries ...

This week we are going to discuss a condition that is sometimes missed on a clinical exam but is very important to identify in order to prescribe proper treatment—the labral tear of the hip. Labral ...