1. Cam morphology and inguinal pathologies: is there a possible connection?
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Bisciotti GN, Di Marzo F, Auci A, Parra F, Cassaghi G, Corsini A, Petrera M, Volpi P, Vuckovic Z, Panascì M, and Zini R
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- Adult, Athletic Injuries diagnostic imaging, Biomechanical Phenomena, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Femoracetabular Impingement classification, Femoracetabular Impingement diagnostic imaging, Femoracetabular Impingement etiology, Hernia, Inguinal surgery, Humans, Laparoscopy, Male, Pain etiology, Pain physiopathology, Single-Blind Method, Surgical Mesh, Syndrome, Young Adult, Abdominal Wall surgery, Athletic Injuries physiopathology, Athletic Injuries surgery, Femoracetabular Impingement physiopathology, Groin surgery
- Abstract
Background: To analyse the prevalences of the cam and pincer morphologies in a cohort of patients with groin pain syndrome caused by inguinal pathologies., Materials and Methods: Forty-four patients (40 men and 4 women) who suffered from groin pain syndrome were enrolled in the study. All the patients were radiographically and clinically evaluated following a standardised protocol established by the First Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference on Terminology, Clinical Evaluation and Imaging Assessment in Groin Pain in Athlete. Subsequently, all of the subjects underwent a laparoscopic repair of the posterior inguinal wall., Results: The study demonstrated an association between the cam morphology and inguinal pathologies in 88.6% of the cases (39 subjects). This relationship may be explained by noting that the cam morphology leads to biomechanical stress at the posterior inguinal wall level., Conclusions: Athletic subjects who present the cam morphology may be considered a population at risk of developing inguinal pathologies., Level of Evidence: Level IV, Observational cross-sectional study.
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- 2017
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