ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the opinion of Brazilian orthopedists surgeons on the diagnosis and treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Methods: A questionnaire was sent to several orthopedic societies around the world, including the Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia (SBOT). This questionnaire was sent electronically and included questions on many topics related to FAI. Results: 253 Brazilian orthopedists responded the questionnaire. Sixty-eight point nine percent worked in private practice and 23.1% in academic institutions. Pain during hip rotation was the most important finding in the clinical history according to 81.8% of the respondents and the anterior impingement sign was the most important finding in the physical examination according to 88.2%. Initial treatment was physiotherapy according to 86.2%. Surgical treatment was hip arthroscopy according to 38.8%, and via surgical hip dislocation for 14.7%. Conclusion: Brazilian orthopedists' opinions on FAI are similar to their international colleagues. There is considerable discrepancy in the answers provided, demonstrating a need for future investigation on FAI, in order to institute proper treatment and diagnosis protocols. Level of Evidence V. Expert Opinion.

Duas espécies de árvores tropicais (Alstonia venenata Br. e Alstonia neriifolia Don. - Apocynaceae) foram estudadas para detectar variação em tamanho de diversos elementos do cambio e seus tecidos derivados. Embora as condições de clima e edaficas destas duas espécies fossem identicas, as dimensões das iniciais fusiformes e os elementos derivados destas foram maiores em A. venenata do que em A. neriifolia. As iniciais radiais são retangulares em A. venenata porem são isodiamêtricas em A. neriifolia. Foi observado aumento substancial no comprimento das células do floema e xilema quando comparadas com as células mãe. Alongamento máximo foi observado nas fibras do xilema durante a diferenciação das respectivas iniciais fusiformes.

Two tropical tree species viz. Alstonia venenata Br. and Alstonia neriifolia Don. (Apocynaceae) were investigated to detect size variation in different elements of the cambium and its derivative tissues. Although these two species were grown under identical climatic and edaphic conditions, fusiform initial dimensions and the elements derived from them were larger in A. venenata than in A. neriifolia. Ray initials are rectangular in A. venenata but isodiametric in A. neriifolia. An appreciable increase in length was observed in the phloem and xylem ray cells when compared to the mother cells. Maximum elongation was observed in xylem fibers during differentiation from the respective fusiform initials.