Relationship Between Cam Lesion Size, Its Excision, and Hip Osteoarthritis Progression: A Contralateral-Controlled Study Using Joint Space Width After Unilateral Hip Arthroscopy
Emre Acar, Selahaddin Aydemir, Gürhan Tükel, Özgür Aydın, Ümit Ali Karabağ, Mehmet Emin Arayıcı, Onur Hapa · 2026
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Emre Acar and co-authors published a study in 2026 on hip keyhole surgery and arthritis progression, using each patient's other hip as the control. Whether fixing a cam deformity slows joint wear was unclear. Just over one hundred patients had one hip operated and at least two years of follow-up. Joint space widths were measured at three spots on X-rays.
Operated hips lost space only at the outer edge, while untouched hips narrowed at all three spots. The inner joint space ended wider on operated sides. Patients with the worst cam deformity before surgery kept their central space best. The authors read the surgery as modestly protective, not harmful, for joint space.
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| CREATOR | Emre Acar, Selahaddin Aydemir, Gürhan Tükel, Özgür Aydın, Ümit Ali Karabağ, Mehmet Emin Arayıcı, Onur Hapa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |