TOTBİD Dergisi

TOTBİD Dergisi

2014, Cilt 13, Sayı, 5     (Sayfalar: 465-468)

Femoracetabular impingement in adolescents; reasons and treatment modalities

Mahmut Nedim Aytekin 1-2, Safa Kapıcıoğlu 1

1 Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi, Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Türkiye
2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA

DOI: 10.14292/totbid.dergisi.2014.54
Görüntüleme: 558
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İndirme : 536

Femoracetabular impingement is a cause of hip pain seen among young ages and became popular in the literature recently. The cause of the pain is mechanical and may come up primarily or a secondary to an underlying disease in adolescents. Mechanical impingement on the hip joint may give damage to labrum and cartilage, which may lead to hip osteoarthritis if untreated. In this article, femoracetabular impingement seen on adolescent and treatment modalities are mentioned.

Anahtar Kelimeler : femoracetabular impingement; adolescent