Dear fellow sufferers: I, too, had hip pain; was originally diagnosed with bursitis; went to physical therapy; got no relief; had an MRI which showed a labral tear. My doctor referred me to specialist in NY at Hospital for Special Surgery who said he could repair tear but offered no gu...
With MRAs, contrast dye (gadolinium) is injected into the hip joint. Any irregularity in the joint surface will show up when the dye seeps into areas where damage has occurred. MRAs give the surgeon an excellent view of the location and extent of the tear as well as any bony abnormalities...
Therefore, further imaging evaluation strategies remain imperative for labral tear diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) MRI has been recognized as a regular noninvasive and non-ionizing detection method for labrum tears as it can distinguish and characterize soft tissues via exquisite contrast ...
The hip is brought from a flexed and internally rotated position into hip abduction and extension while axial compression is applied. This ma- neuver is likely to elicit pain or mechanical symptoms in the setting of an anterior labral tear, as bony im- pingement of the labrum reproduces ...
the site of the labral tear, this finding alone does not justify the routine use of preoperative MRI in the context of FAI; indeed, our findings of no association between paralabral cysts and patient outcomes bolster recent literature refuting the utility of preoperative MRI before hip arthroscopy...