Hip Arthroscopy & Osteochondroplasty (w/ a plot twist)
On May 4, 2023, I went into surgery to receive a right hip arthroscopy with possible labral repair and an osteochondroplasty. In simple words, the doctor made small incisions in my thigh and inserted tools with cameras at the end (for a minimally invasive surgery) in order to see if I had a labral tear. He also shaved down extra bone growth on my femoral head (the osteochondroplasty) that was causing me to have a hip impingement (medically known as a femoroacetabular impingement).
The past few years I JUST KNEW I had a labral tear. I had an MRI in Jan 2022 that showed a labral tear in my right hip and had most of the symptoms associated with it. BUT my post-surgery paperwork says the doctor reported I had NO LABRAL TEAR. LIKEEEEE!!! PLOT TWIST!! REEWINDDDD!
I need to ask him about this during my follow-up appointment next week because I JUST read it in my paperwork when I was looking for the proper spelling of the surgery for this blog post lmao. I was NOT expecting to read that.
My mom told me that after the surgery the surgeon told her that my cartilage was 100% intact, but it didn’t click to me that it meant I didn’t have a labral tear. The doctor did tell me that he has had cases where there was no labral tear in real life although the MRI showed one. But I was ADAMANT that I had one because whenever that part of my hip got aggravated, the pain was on another level. I couldn’t walk on it; I couldn’t even clench my thigh muscles because it would hurt that badly. And it would get aggravated so easily.
My theory is that the hip impingement was the cause of all these symptoms, but I’ll see what the doctor thinks at my follow-up appointment. I’m PRAYING it was the hip impingement because if it was my ACTUAL hip dysplasia causing these symptoms, I’m out of luck since I am not an eligible candidate for the PAO surgery which is the only surgery I know of to address symptomatic hip dysplasia. (Also that surgery and recovery time is odee and I’m thankful my case isn’t severe enough to warrant that). ANYWHO, I will only know once I fully recover from this surgery and get back into my normal daily activities. Wish me luck y’all!!
The labrum is a piece of fibrocartilage (rubbery tissue) attached to the rim of the shoulder socket that helps keep the ball of the joint in place. When this cartilage is torn, it is called a labral tear.
Задне-верхий импинджмент, также известный как внутренний #импинджмент, является относительно нечастой формой импинджмент синдрома, развивается преимущественно у спортсменов 👇🇺🇸#Posterosuperior #impingement, also known as #internal impingement, is a relatively uncommon form of #shoulder impingement. -----#sting----- #MRI ----- --#infraspinatus tendinosis and tears, usually superior fibers at the humeral surface --#supraspinatus tendinosis and #tear involving the posterior fibers --posterosuperior #labral tear or fraying --#humeral head #cysts underlying the infraspinatus tendon
Vikings put Peterson on IR; Kalil has labral surgery on hip EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Adrian Peterson has been placed on injured reserve by the Minnesota Vikings…
