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She underwent right hip arthroscopy under general anesthesia, including removal of the calcified lesion of the acetabular labrum, reconstruction of the labrum with autologous gracilis tendon, and femoral head-neck reshaping. At the nine-month follow-up, the patient's hip function had improved significantly, with no complications such as nerve or vascular injury, wound infection, or heterotopic ossification. This case suggests that hip arthroscopy with labral reconstruction may represent a viable treatment option that may contribute to improved symptoms and function in patients with FAI combined with large labral calcifications; it may facilitate return to sports and enhance quality of life, potentially offering a therapeutic strategy for the clinical management of such conditions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2026.1770189","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,10]],"date-time":"2026-06-10T22:10:26Z","timestamp":1781129426000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Arthroscopic surgical treatment of complex femoroacetabular impingement with massive labral calcification and gracilis autograft reconstruction: a case report and literature review"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Gang","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feifei","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingtao","family":"Ge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University","place":["Qingdao, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"112","DOI":"10.1097\/01.blo.0000096804.78689.c2","article-title":"Femoroacetabular impingement: a cause for osteoarthritis of the hip","volume":"417","author":"Ganz","year":"2003","journal-title":"Clin Orthop Relat Res"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3131","DOI":"10.1007\/s00330-013-2912-0","article-title":"Radiographic signs associated with femoroacetabular impingement occur with high prevalence at all ages in a hospital population","volume":"23","author":"Bruin","year":"2013","journal-title":"Eur Radiol"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"315","DOI":"10.1093\/jhps\/hnae034","article-title":"Review of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome","volume":"11","author":"Fernando","year":"2024","journal-title":"J Hip Preserv Surg"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"211","DOI":"10.1007\/s00132-022-04214-z","article-title":"Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in adolescents-how to adivse? 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