Prognostic Value of the Lateral Center-Edge Angle in Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Burak Duymaz, Selahaddin Aydemir, Mustafa Çeltik, Ufuk Tipi, Onur Gürsan, Onur Hapa · 2026
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Description
Burak Duymaz and co-authors ask which way of measuring a hip angle best predicts how patients feel after keyhole hip surgery. The surgery treats femoroacetabular impingement, where extra bone makes the hip joint pinch. Surgeons judge socket coverage with the lateral center-edge angle, but it can be measured from two different landmarks, the dense bone edge or the rim. The team reviewed 125 patients followed for at least two years.
Scores for pain and hip function improved across the group, and about 81 percent reached a state patients themselves rate as acceptable. The dense-edge measure taken after surgery predicted that success on its own, with cutoffs near 29 degrees for two different scores. The rim-based measure did not match that performance. The authors recommend the dense-edge version for planning surgery and forecasting results, since it carried the clearer signal about who ends up satisfied.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Burak Duymaz, Selahaddin Aydemir, Mustafa Çeltik, Ufuk Tipi, Onur Gürsan, Onur Hapa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |