The long term benefit in the selected patients above must be tempered with shorter term risk of surgery. The original study reported a 90 day mortality of 5.2% in non-high risk patients compared to 1.5% of those patients undergoing medical therapy. This higher mortality was not seen in the ...
The fenestration is essentially formed between these four boundaries where the hip capsule could be deeply exposed and opened to reveal the lower part of the femoral head. Advantages The authors reported this approach as being minimally invasive, preserving the vascularity of the femoral head, being...