Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Computed tomography arthrography (CTA) highly correlates with arthroscopy in detecting labral tears, especially in patients with positive impingement tests. CTA enables the acquisition of isotropic datasets with high spatial resolution within a single acquisition. However, the hip is a close-fitting, congruent, and nearly spherical joint, with relatively thin cartilage. We describe herein a simple and cost-effective method using traction for hip CTA, with axial manual distraction, that helps overcome the usual limitations, by widening the articular joint space and thus better delineating both acetabular and femoral cartilages.
Source: Cureus
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.67366
Institution: Clinique du Sport
Language: English
Topic: Hip disorders and treatments
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4401781817