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I sincerely appreciate the valued queries and comments from Dr. Larson. I think we would agree with Dr. James Heckman, past Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, that "No one study-no matter how good it is or how profound it seems-should change the course of clinical care. You must have the data corroborated and have the experiment repeated by someone else." This would apply even more so to any case report. The intent of my report was to show the feasibility of less invasive arthroscopic surgery in the treatment of extreme global acetabular overcoverage, not to suggest that the rendered surgery is the only or best procedure for all patients with acetabular protrusion.