COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — MRI prior to primary hip arthroscopy may not be as clinically useful as concordant history, physical exam and radiographs alone among young patients with femoroacetabular impingement, according to study data.
“Surgeon history, exam and radiographic evaluation were sufficient to diagnose this [FAI] and indicate young, primary patients for hip arthroscopy,” Prem N. Ramkumar, MD, MBA, said at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.
In the retrospective study, Ramkumar and colleagues reviewed 1,391 patients aged 40 years or