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Supermarket Hip Is No April Fooling

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.arthro.2008.02.001

1526-3231

James H. Lubowitz, Gary G. Poehling,

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Readers will note with alarm the scourge of “Supermarket Hip” as described in the current issue by Yamamoto, Villar, and Papavasileiou.1Yamamoto Y. Villar R.N. Papavasileiou T. Supermarket hip: An unusual cause of injury to the hip joint.Arthroscopy. 2008; 24: 490-493Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar While our daring and brave authors modestly describe the affliction as “unusual,” we fear that the incidence of Supermarket Hip may be increasing and the ailment may be terribly underreported. Dear readers—do not react with terror: thanks to Yamamoto, Villar, and Papavasileiou, like Superman, Batman, and Aquaman before them, victims of this dreaded malady can be rescued using a stunning and truly astounding antidote: hip arthroscopy.1Yamamoto Y. Villar R.N. Papavasileiou T. Supermarket hip: An unusual cause of injury to the hip joint.Arthroscopy. 2008; 24: 490-493Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar, 2Lubowitz J. Poehling G. Hip arthroscopy: An emerging gold standard.Arthroscopy. 2006; 22: 1257-1259Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (38) Google Scholar Thus, the grocery shoppers of the world, whether seeking produce or protein, can continue their indispensable and appointed rounds with the knowledge that, should Supermarket Hip strike, arthroscopy of the hip will come to the rescue. April Fool’s Day or All Fool’s Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April first.3April Fool’s Day Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool’s_DayGoogle Scholar As we publish in April, our readers are chastised: Supermarket Hip is no hoax. Supermarket Hip is upon us, and it is of the utmost importance that each and every reader commit to the diagnosis and treatment of this dreaded affliction … early intervention is essential and requires the highest index of suspicion. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery declares war on Supermarket Hip. Future research is urgently required to develop measures to prevent Supermarket Hip—before it strikes.