Femoroacetabular impingement: presentation, diagnosis, and management

Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2008 Jun;12(2):136-45. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1078701.

Abstract

Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is an often overlooked cause of hip pain in patients of all ages. The clinical signs and symptoms, multimodality imaging findings, treatment options, intraoperative findings, and expected outcomes for patients with FAI are illustrated and discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetabulum / pathology*
  • Arthroscopy
  • Femur Head / pathology*
  • Hip Joint / diagnostic imaging
  • Hip Joint / pathology*
  • Hip Joint / surgery
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / diagnosis
  • Joint Diseases / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pain / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed