Femoral head-neck junction osteochondroplasty is commonly used to treat femoroacetabular impingement, yet remodeling of the
osteochondroplasty site is not well described. We therefore describe bony remodeling at the osteochondroplasty site and analyze
clinical outcomes and complications associated with femoral osteochondroplasty. We retrospectively reviewed 135 patients (150
hips) who underwent femoral head-neck osteochondroplasty combined with hip arthroscopy, surgical hip dislocation, periacetabular
osteotomy, or proximal femoral osteotomy. The minimum clinical followup was 10 months (mean, 22.3 months; range, 10–65 months).
We assessed the femoral-head neck offset, head-neck offset ratio, alpha angle, and cortical remodeling. We used the Harris
hip score to determine hip function. We observed an increase in the head-neck offset, offset ratio, and decrease in the alpha
angle postoperatively and at latest followup. Ninety-eight of 113 (87%) hips had partial or complete recorticalization at
the osteochondroplasty site. The mean Harris hip score improved from 64 to 85. We excised heterotopic bone in one hip. There
were no femoral neck fractures. The deformity correction achieved with femoral head-neck osteochondroplasty is maintained
and recorticalization occurs in the majority of cases during the first two years.
Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
One or more of the authors have received funding from Award Number UL1RR024992 from the National Center for Research Resources
(JCC) and the Curing Hip Disease Fund (JCC).
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