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Experience matters.

Welcome, I am glad you found me. My name is Dr. Brian White, and I have performed more labral reconstructions than anyone in the world. Many of my patients have endured previous surgeries that have not worked, and they continue to miss out on the life they enjoyed. The Labral Reconstruction is simply better. I can help you and we can get you back to all that you enjoy doing.

Meet Dr. White

Labral Reconstruction

The Labral Reconstruction is simply a better operation than Labral Repair. With a repair, poor quality, chronically damaged tissue is sutured back to bone, but often does not completely heal and can still generate pain and limit function. With the labral reconstruction, I can arthroscopically reshape the ball and the cup so they can fit together properly. I then make a new labrum for you. This Labral Reconstruction has all of the biomechanical benefits of your native labrum, but it will not regenerate nerve fibers or feel pain as your torn labrum did. I have performed this operation since 2009 and have closely followed all of my patient's outcomes in a database. Over time, I have evolved the technique and improved the operation. I have lectured nationally and internationally on labral reconstruction, written numerous articles on this topic, and taught hundreds of Orthopaedic surgeons how to perform this operation. Simply put, experience matters. This is a very challenging operation and my results are not easily reproduced. I perform over 400 Labral Reconstructions per year and operate 4 days a week. This has made this operation reproducible and routine for me. This website is designed to help you better understand Labral Reconstruction and my approach to caring for patients. I look forward to the opportunity to get you back to all that you enjoy doing.

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Featured Presentations

What is Labral Reconstruction?

Interview: Revision Surgery and Ligamentum Teres Reconstruction

Labral Reconstruction: A Decade of Expanding Evidence: Vail Hip Symposium 2022

To view the collection of Dr. White’s presentations, visit education section

Dr. White's Presentations

Published Studies

Dr. White's published studies

Revision of a Labral Reconstruction:

This study shows that I can revise a labral reconstruction to another labral reconstruction. Most of these patients had a borderline shallow acetabulum and were treated with a Ganz Osteotomy with their second surgery. These surgeries were 96% successful.

Severe Pincer Study:

Do you have a very deep Cup or Acetabulum? This study focuses on my technique for Severe Pincer Type FAI with significant reduction of the over-coverage and Labral Reconstruction. This technique was 98% successful for this very challenging deformity.

Expanding Evidence: 2022 Labral Reconstruction Review:

I was asked to write another review paper in 2022 as evidence in support of Labral Reconstruction has expanded significantly in the last 10 years.

Over 40 study:

Are you over 40 years old? This paper directly compares Labral Reconstruction to Labral Repair in over 300 patients. Labral Repairs failed almost 3 ½ times more than the Labral Reconstructions. This paper proves that Labral Reconstruction is the best surgery in this age group.

Bilateral Study:

This is a clean comparison study of 29 patients that I performed a Labral Repair on one side and a Labral Reconstruction on their other hip. None of the Reconstructions failed and 31% of the Labral Repairs required another surgery. This proves Labral Reconstruction in my hands is simply a better operation.

1st Labral Reconstruction Study:

This was my first paper on Allograft Labral Reconstruction of the hip and the first to describe my “Front to Back” technique. It also validated the use of donor tissue for the graft.

Decade Review Study:

I was asked to write this review paper in 2020 to summarize my experience with allograft labral reconstruction of the hip and also to describe the technical evolution of my technique with this operation from 2010 to 2020.

Hip labral reconstruction:

Most debates on this issue in which I have participated have focused on labral reconstruction vs. repair or debridement. Therefore, I see this opportunity to discuss the advantages of complete labral reconstruction vs. segmental grafting as a sign of progress.

Revision Study:

This paper proved that Labral Reconstruction is the best surgery for people who have had a previous hip arthroscopy that did not work.

Review Paper-when to perform and how:

This is a paper that I was asked to write several years ago to summarize my experience and the literature support at that time for labral reconstruction.

Original Labral Reconstruction Technique Description:

This is my original description of my “Front to Back” allograft labral reconstruction technique.

“Dear Dr. White, you could have done many things with your one precious life. Thank you for becoming an orthopedic surgeon. Thank you for innovating new techniques and for bringing your perfection to each patient you treat. Thank you for all you have put in and continue to put in on behalf of patients like me. I have a new future ahead of me thanks to you. I'm so grateful.“