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Assessment and differential diagnosis of the painful hip
Nicola A DeAngelis1, Brian D Busconi
1Department of Orthopedics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Nickdeangelis@yahoo.com
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|February 13, 2003
Abstract:
Hip pain is a common problem seen by orthopaedic surgeons. The current authors provide an approach to the patient with hip pain, including important information to be gained from the history and physical examination and relevant radiographic studies and laboratory tests. A differential diagnosis for patients presenting with the complaint of hip pain and indications for hip arthroscopy are provided.