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SUBMITTER: Matsuda DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3986483 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsuda Dean K DK Gupta Nikhil N Martin Hal D HD
Arthroscopy techniques 20140110 1
Femoral retroversion is an uncommon cause of cam femoroacetabular impingement that may require surgical treatment beyond arthroscopic or open femoroplasty. We present the case of a young adult with bilateral severe femoral retroversion in whom such treatment failed. We discuss the rationale, surgical technique, and outcome of this patient, who underwent bilateral closed intramedullary derotational proximal femoral osteotomies and interlocked nailing with adjunctive pre- and post-osteotomy hip ar ...[more]