The acetabular labrum is a ring of protective cartilage. It lines the rim of your hip socket (acetabulum). Your acetabular labrum holds your thigh bone securely in the joint, which allows flexibility ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD A hip labral tear is an injury to the ring of cartilage (the labrum) around the hip ...

and the presence or absence of any loose bodies or labral lesions. Finally, videotapes from each patient's hip arthroscopy were assessed without benefit of plain radiographs by two of us (J.K.S ...