The acetabular labrum is a ring of protective cartilage. It lines the rim of your hip socket (acetabulum). Your acetabular labrum holds your thigh bone securely in the joint, which allows flexibility ...

The labrum is a ring of cartilage that cushions your hip joint. It helps hold the ball at the top of your thigh bone securely ...

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 ...

Background Surgery for hip femoroacetabular impingement/acetabular labral tear (FAI/ALT) is exponentially increasing despite lacking investigation of the accuracy of ...

Hip dysplasia can damage the cartilage in your hip joint and lead to labral tears and early osteoarthritis. Although you will most likely need a hip replacement at some time in your life, getting ...

Finally, videotapes from each patient's hip arthroscopy were assessed ... When the torn labrum can be seen to infold into the joint, debridement is done, using a shaver and suction punch through ...