Fig 1.
Macroscopic view of an antero-superior labral tear associated with carpet delamination of the acetabular cartilage.
Black triangle: acetabular labrum; empty triangle: capsule; black star: acetabular cartilage; black arrow: probe demonstrating chondrolabral separation.
Fig 2.
Macroscopic view of a labral tear associated with full-thickness cartilage loss.
Black triangle: acetabular labrum; empty triangle: capsule; black star: acetabular cartilage; white star: cartilage damage with bone exposure; black arrow: labral tear; white triangle: pulvinar.
Fig 3.
Black triangle: acetabular labrum; white triangle: pulvinar; empty triangle: capsule; black star: acetabular cartilage; white arrow: transverse ligament; black arrow: sublabral sulcus; black circle: hemostat in the capsule-labral recess.
Fig 4.
Example of a superior fragment.
Black triangle: acetabular labrum; empty triangle: capsule; black star: acetabular cartilage; white star: acetabular bone; black arrow: intact chondrolabral junction.
Fig 5.
Illustration of the modified Seldes classification.
Table 1.
Demographics.
Table 2.
Tomographic angles.
Fig 6.
(a) Normal acetabular labrum (Masson’s trichrome stained). (b) Example of a type 1 labral tear associated with cartilage detachment from the acetabular bone (Masson’s trichrome stained). (c) Example of a type 1 labral tear associated with acetabular bone cyst formation (hematoxylin and eosin stained). (d) Example of a type 2 labral tear (hematoxylin and eosin stained). (e) Example of a type 3 labral tear (hematoxylin and eosin stained). Black triangle: acetabular labrum; empty triangle: capsule; black star: acetabular cartilage; white star: acetabular bone; black arrow: chondrolabral junction; striped arrow: acetabular bone cyst; empty arrows: cleavage planes in the labral substance.