Anterior Femoroacetabular Impingement After Femoral Neck Fractures

Abstract

Femoroacetabular impingement can be a cause for hip pain and loss of motion in patients who previously sustained a femoral neck fracture. The condition causes degenerative anterior labral and adjacent acetabular cartilage lesions. Early treatment is essential to prevent further degeneration and osteoarthrosis of the joint. Prevention is predicated by initial precise anatomic reduction of such fractures in all planes.