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Surgical Technique: Subchondroplasty for Acetabular Cysts

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Subchondral cysts and bone marrow lesions (BMLs) are occasionally seen in the acetabulum of patients with osteoarthritis. There is evidence that increasing mechanical support through the injection calcium phosphate cement would allow for osteoconductive remodeling and eventual healing of the BMLs. Subchondroplasty, or the injection of calcium phosphate cement into subchondral cysts and/or BMLs, has become a popular nonarthroplasty treatment modality for patients with knee osteoarthritis and preserved joint space with excellent medium-term outcomes. The following chapter describes our technique for subchondroplasty of the hip using AccuFill bone substitute material.

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  1. Section of Young Adult Hip Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Robert B. Browning, Benjamin Kester, Ian Clapp, Thomas Alter & Shane J. Nho

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Shane J. Nho

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Bedi Asheesh

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Michael J. Salata

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Richard C. Mather III

  5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers, New York, NY, USA

    Bryan T. Kelly

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System and School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Eric C. Makhni

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Browning, R.B., Kester, B., Clapp, I., Alter, T., Nho, S.J. (2021). Surgical Technique: Subchondroplasty for Acetabular Cysts. In: Nho, S.J., Asheesh, B., Salata, M.J., Mather III, R.C., Kelly, B.T. (eds) Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7321-3_155-1

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