Impingement and Femoral Anteversion
I'm sharing this because when I was researching hip arthroscopy combined with femoral osteotomy, I had such a hard time finding real patient experiences and information about what to expect. If this helps even one person going through the same thing, it's worth posting
My pre-surgery scans showed bilateral cam-type FAI (femoroacetabular impingement), with my right side being worse. My femoral anteversion was off (28° on the right vs 18° on the left), and I had some acetabular overcoverage issues.
I had a hip arthroscopy on Oct 22nd to address the impingement and fix my labrum then proximal femoral osteotomy on Nov 7th to realign my femur. They put in an intramedullary nail and screws to hold everything in place while it heals.
I’m 6 months post-op now, no pain, walking without crutches but steal doing PT, working on my strenght and gait too.
Really grateful for this community because reading other people’s experiences helped me feel a lot less alone through all of this. Happy to answer questions or hear from anyone who’s gone through osteotomy + scope recovery too. The Femoral Osteotomy Support group was also really useful once I knew I was going that route.