TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraarticular findings in symptomatic developmental dysplasia of the hip
AU - Fujii, Masanori
AU - Nakashima, Yasuharu
AU - Jingushi, Seiya
AU - Yamamoto, Takuaki
AU - Noguchi, Yasuo
AU - Suenaga, Eiji
AU - Iwamoto, Yukihide
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine intraarticular pathology in patients younger than 20 years with symptomatic developmental dysplasia of the hip. METHODS: We performed hip arthroscopy during corrective osteotomy in 23 hips in 22 patients. All patients were female, and the average age at operation was 16.4 years. Eighteen hips were in a prearthritic stage, and 5 hips were in an early stage. The presence and location of cartilage degeneration and labral tears were evaluated. Second-look arthroscopy was performed in 13 hips in 12 patients. RESULTS: Fourteen hips (77.8%) in the prearthritic stage had cartilage degeneration. Cartilage lesions were more frequent in the acetabulum than in the femoral head (72.2% vs 16.7%). Sixty-one percent of acetabular lesions were located at the anterosuperior area. Labral tears were observed in 77.8% of hips in prearthritic stages located at the anterosuperior (72.2%) and superior (44.4%) areas. The degree of cartilage and labral lesions in the early stage was more severe than in the prearthritic stage. On second-look arthroscopy, there were no changes in the state of the cartilage and labrum in the majority (84.6%) of hips. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of intraarticular lesions in developmental dysplasia of the hip was high, even in the prearthritic stage. These lesions tended to originate in the anterosuperior area of the acetabulum and were generally progressive. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic study, level IV.
AB - BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine intraarticular pathology in patients younger than 20 years with symptomatic developmental dysplasia of the hip. METHODS: We performed hip arthroscopy during corrective osteotomy in 23 hips in 22 patients. All patients were female, and the average age at operation was 16.4 years. Eighteen hips were in a prearthritic stage, and 5 hips were in an early stage. The presence and location of cartilage degeneration and labral tears were evaluated. Second-look arthroscopy was performed in 13 hips in 12 patients. RESULTS: Fourteen hips (77.8%) in the prearthritic stage had cartilage degeneration. Cartilage lesions were more frequent in the acetabulum than in the femoral head (72.2% vs 16.7%). Sixty-one percent of acetabular lesions were located at the anterosuperior area. Labral tears were observed in 77.8% of hips in prearthritic stages located at the anterosuperior (72.2%) and superior (44.4%) areas. The degree of cartilage and labral lesions in the early stage was more severe than in the prearthritic stage. On second-look arthroscopy, there were no changes in the state of the cartilage and labrum in the majority (84.6%) of hips. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of intraarticular lesions in developmental dysplasia of the hip was high, even in the prearthritic stage. These lesions tended to originate in the anterosuperior area of the acetabulum and were generally progressive. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic study, level IV.
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U2 - 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318190a0be
DO - 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318190a0be
M3 - Article
C2 - 19098637
AN - SCOPUS:60549108559
VL - 29
SP - 9
EP - 13
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
SN - 0271-6798
IS - 1
ER -