ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2024
Mini-Open Technique for Gluteus Medius Tendon Repairs Is Associated With Low Complication Rates and Sustained Improvement in Patient Reported Outcomes at 2-Year Follow-Up.
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- Endoscopic gluteal tendon repair reduces complication rates while achieving outcomes comparable to open repair: A multilevel meta-analysis.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Pooled it
- Trans-Tendon Suture-Bridge Knotless Proximal Pulley Repair With Bioinductive Patch Augmentation for High-Grade Partial Hip Abductor Tendon Tears.Arthroscopy techniques · 2026Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of the senior author's hybrid "mini-open" technique for abductor tendon repair at 2-year follow-up. Methods: After institutional review board approval, we performed a retrospective review of prospectively collected data for all patients undergoing isolated mini-open gluteus medius tendon repairs from January 2018 to January 2022. Inclusion criteria included ongoing abductor pain refractory to nonoperative management, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrating gluteus medius/minimus tear, completion of preoperative patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) including Modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS), Hip Outcome Score for Activities of Daily Living (HOS-ADL), Hip Outcome Score for Sports-Related Activities (HOS-SS), and visual analog scale (VAS) for pain and minimum 2-year follow-up. PROMs were assessed at preoperative, 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year postoperative intervals. Paired-sample Results: Sixty-one patients (59 female, 96.7%) with an average age of 61.4 ± 1.3 years were included. The mean follow-up was 25.9 ± 1.13 months. mHHS improved from a mean of 47.2 preoperatively to 68.9 at 2 years ( Conclusions: The mini-open technique for abductor tendon repair provides sustained improvement in both pain and function-related PROMs at 2-year follow-up with comparable complication rates to endoscopic and open techniques in 1 surgeon's practice. Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic retrospective case series.
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