Read the full article here. Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) presents one of the most common causes of hip pain in adolescent athletes. With this condition, movement of the hip joint is restricted due to abnormal bony contact between the ball (femur)…
Dr. Tigran Garabekyan was recently featured in VoyageLA’s “Mid-Wilshire Inspiration.” The article includes a full profile on Dr. Garabekyan and highlights his expertise in orthopedic surgery. Read the full article here. Dr. Tigran Garabekyan is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip…
Have you ever wondered how ballet dancers are able to move their hips through seemingly impossible arcs of motion, all while supporting their body weight and twisting, pivoting, or lunging several feet up in the air? Well the answer has…
Read the full article here. The Birmingham Interlocking Pelvic Osteotomy (BIPO) is a less well-known technique for correcting hip instability due to dysplasia. This technique uses an interlocking step cut in the ilium bone to create a stable construct and…
Read the full article here. Various disorders of the hip and pelvis are amenable to conservative treatment with the use of platelet-rich-plasma (PRP). In this recent review article, we present the literature in support of using PRP to augment healing…
Tigran Garabekyan M.D. – Your Los Angeles Area Hip Specialist When an older patient (age > 65 years old) falls and sustains a displaced hip fracture (displaced = the fracture is shifted out of alignment), treatment typically consists of surgery…
Read the full article here. Click here to open Arthroscopic Bone Grafting video. Bone cysts in the hip occur most commonly in the setting of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), hip instability (dysplasia), and arthritis. In addition to treating the underlying problem,…
Click here to open The Evolution of Hip Preservation Surgery video. Dr. Garabekyan was recently invited to speak at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds. The presentation, entitled “The Evolution of Hip Preservation Surgery,” encompassed many years of growth…
Click here to open Hip Cartilage Tear video. This intra-operative video shows the appearance of cartilage tears in the hip when viewed through a fiber optic camera during hip arthroscopy. A small probe is used to gently examine the labrum…
Read the full article here. When someone has a flexible joint, we usually ascribe the increased range of motion to ligamentous laxity (i.e. loose ligaments). As it turns out, rotational hip flexibility is largely determined not by the ligaments, but…
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