Editorial Commentary: There's More Meat on That Bone! Labral Hypertrophy Normalizes Femoral Head Coverage in Dysplastic Hips

Abstract

The size of the acetabular labrum has been shown to be larger in patients with acetabular hip dysplasia and smaller in patients with acetabular overcoverage. Compensatory morphologic changes to the acetabular labrum are potentially useful as an imaging biomarker of hip stability, and with additional future outcomes investigation, imaging measures may be used to guide the type and extent of hip preservation surgery.