ReviewJournal of hip preservation surgery2017
Can hip arthroscopy in the presence of arthritis delay the need for hip arthroplasty?
Review in Journal of hip preservation surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prehabilitation for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: intervention development using the Medical Research Council Framework.Journal of ISAKOS : joint disorders & orthopaedic sports medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Rethinking preservation: The case for timely hip arthroplasty in young adult hip pathology.Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease (2013) · 2026Review
- CORR Insights®: Mini-open Femoroacetabular Osteoplasty in Patients With Tönnis Grade 2 or Higher Osteoarthritis is Associated With a Higher Risk of Subsequent Conversion to THA.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2024Article
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- Symptom duration predicts inferior mid-term outcomes following hip arthroscopy.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Hip arthroscopy in osteoarthritis: Is it an option?Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Review
- Hip arthroscopy versus total hip arthroplasty in patients above 40 differences: outcome and residual complain.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2020Article
- Citations-be sure to have a good title.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2017Article
- Validity of direct magnetic resonance arthrogram in patients with femoroacetabular impingement and their outcome post hip arthroscopy.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
- Hip arthroscopy utilization and reoperation rates in Ontario: a population-based analysis comparing different age cohorts.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
Hip arthroscopy for joint preservation surgery has grown immensely over the last two decades. There is now an increasing trend to try and expand the role of hip arthroscopy to include patients of an older age or perhaps even with signs of arthritis, instead of the established patient group of young adults with mechanical symptoms or serious athletes. But how much of this growth is really justified? Once arthritis is apparent, the arthroscopic procedures needed to try and limit progression of the disease are likely to be different to those needed in young adult non-arthritic hips. Similarly, the expectation of results following an arthroscopic procedure in an older adult with arthritis must also be different. With an almost 5-fold increase in conversion rate from arthroscopy to arthroplasty in the over 50s population, arthroscopy in arthritis is a different procedure, with a different outcome, to arthroscopy in young adults with no evidence of osteoarthritis. This article takes a closer inspection at outcomes following hip arthroscopy in the older population particularly in those with evidence of early arthritis. This paper does not attempt to make recommendations in other diagnoses such as inflammatory arthritis or other secondary arthritides. It must be considered that hip arthroscopy is not a benign intervention: as well as the surgical risks, the lengthy rehabilitation period should be factored into the equation. Although the nature of surgeons is to find new techniques and push boundaries, we highlight the need for caution in undertaking arthroscopic intervention when arthritis is already apparent at presentation.
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