acetabular labrum

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ac·e·tab·u·lar la·brum

[TA]
a fibrocartilaginous rim attached to the margin of the acetabulum of the hip bone.
Synonym(s): labrum acetabuli [TA], acetabular lip, circumferential cartilage (1) , cotyloid ligament, ligamentum cotyloideum
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The authors described 9 cases, in which hip joint arthroscopy had been carried out for patients with highly progressed degenerative changes of the articular cartilage and with reduced hip joint spaces, resulting from earlier lesions of the acetabular lip. Poor results of the treatment were observed for all the 9 patients.
HIP JOINT ARTHROSCOPY IN PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

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