Prevalence of Femoral and Acetabular Version Abnormalities in Patients With Symptomatic Hip Disease: A Controlled Study of 538 Hips.

Lerch, Till; Todorski, Inga Almut Senta; Steppacher, Simon Damian; Schmaranzer, Florian; Werlen, Stefan F.; Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno; Tannast, Moritz (2018). Prevalence of Femoral and Acetabular Version Abnormalities in Patients With Symptomatic Hip Disease: A Controlled Study of 538 Hips. American journal of sports medicine, 46(1), pp. 122-134. Sage Publications 10.1177/0363546517726983

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BACKGROUND

Variations in femoral and acetabular version are becoming increasingly recognized as contributing factors to the development of hip pain in patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and hip dysplasia. It is still unknown what the true prevalence of these rotational abnormalities is in this patient population.

PURPOSE

To determine (1) the prevalence of femoral version abnormalities in symptomatic hips with FAI and hip dysplasia, (2) the prevalence of combined abnormalities of femoral and acetabular version in these patients, and (3) which specific hip morphologies are associated with abnormalities of femoral version.

STUDY DESIGN

Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.

METHODS

A total of 462 symptomatic patients (538 hips) were included who had hip pain attributed to FAI or hip dysplasia and who presented to our tertiary referral center for hip preservation surgery between 2011 and 2015. We retrospectively examined femoral and acetabular version among 11 subgroups with predefined hip morphologies and compared findings with a control group. The allocation to each subgroup was based on morphologic reference values for femoral head coverage, lateral center edge angle, alpha angle, and neck-shaft angle calculated on plain radiographs.

RESULTS

Of the 538 hips included, 52% were found to have abnormal femoral version; severe abnormalities were found in 17%. Severely decreased femoral version (<0°) was found in 5%; moderately decreased femoral version (0°-10°), in 17%; moderately increased femoral version (26°-35°), in 18%; and severely increased femoral version (>35°), in 12%. The most frequent abnormal combination was increased femoral version combined with normal acetabular version (22%). We found significantly lower mean femoral version for the cam-type FAI group (15°) and significantly higher mean femoral version for the Perthes hips (32°; ie, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease) as compared with the control group (22°). The mean femoral version of the study group was 19°; for male patients, 15°; and for female patients, 22°.

CONCLUSION

Abnormalities in femoral version are highly prevalent in patients with hip pain who are eligible for hip preservation surgery, and severe abnormalities are prevalent in 1 of 6 patients (17%). Based on these results, the evaluation of young patients with hip pain should always include an assessment of femoral version and acetabular version to best decide what treatment approach should be undertaken to optimize outcomes.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Orthopädische Chirurgie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Orthopädische Chirurgie

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH)

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Lerch, Till, Todorski, Inga Almut Senta, Steppacher, Simon Damian, Schmaranzer, Florian, Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno, Tannast, Moritz

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0363-5465

Publisher:

Sage Publications

Language:

English

Submitter:

Nicole Rösch

Date Deposited:

14 Mar 2018 14:58

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:09

Publisher DOI:

10.1177/0363546517726983

PubMed ID:

28937786

Additional Information:

This paper is also Inga Todorski's doctoral thesis.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

acetabular version femoral version abnormalities femoroacetabular impingement hip arthroscopy hip dysplasia hip preservation surgery

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.108410

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/108410

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