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When treating male versus female patients with femoroacetabular impingement, which of the following sex differences may impact the treatment plan?
Male patients are more likely to display cam-type impingement.
Male patients do have more cam-type impingement, which is pertinent to operative planning.
Female patients are more likely to present with bilateral symptomatic hips.
Male patients are more likely to have bilateral symptoms.
Female patients are more likely to present at a younger age.
Early literature on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) supports that pincer type impingement is more common in female patients and becomes symptomatic 1 to 2 decades after the typical presentation age for male patients with cam-type impingement.
Male patients have lower baseline patient-reported outcomes.
Female patients have lower baseline patient-reported outcomes. While improvements following surgery are of the same magnitude in both sexes, female patients report lower scores after surgery.
