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Arthroscopic Treatment of Femoroacetabular Cam Impingement

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Cam femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is the femoral-sided component of FAI. It results from either local deformities of the head-neck transition or global orientation pathologies:

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Masoud, M., Dienst, M. (2016). Arthroscopic Treatment of Femoroacetabular Cam Impingement. In: Randelli, P., Dejour, D., van Dijk, C., Denti, M., Seil, R. (eds) Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49376-2_66

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