Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41884689›Full record

ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2026

Return to Basketball After Primary Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement: Minimum 5-Year Follow-up.

Angela M Mercurio, Sanathan Iyer, John-Rudolph Smith, Malik Dancy, Louis Kang, Bruce A Levy, Mario Hevesi, Aaron J Krych, Kelechi R Okoroha

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Angela M MercurioDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0358-9717
Sanathan IyerDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
John-Rudolph SmithDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Malik DancyDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Louis KangDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Bruce A LevyOrlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Mario HevesiDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-878X
Aaron J KrychDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3248-8007
Kelechi R OkorohaDivision of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-3159

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a common injury experienced by basketball players. Surgical management with arthroscopic labral repair and femoral osteochondroplasty can lead to successful outcomes for athletes whose nonoperative management fails. Recent studies have demonstrated that athletes undergoing hip arthroscopy in the setting of FAI had favorable return-to-sport (RTS) and sport continuation outcomes. Purpose: To evaluate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and RTS rates at minimum 5-year follow-up in basketball players after hip arthroscopy for FAI. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: All active basketball players at the recreational, high school, and collegiate levels who underwent primary hip arthroscopy with labral repair for FAI between August 2009 and December 2019 were identified. Postoperative RTS, revision rates, and surgery satisfaction at final follow-up were evaluated. PROMs were also analyzed as follows: visual analog scale, Tegner Activity Scale, modified Harris Hip Score, Hip Outcome Score-Activities of Daily Living, and Hip Outcome Score-Sport. Results: Fifty-three patients (64 hips) were included with a mean ± SD age of 21.2 ± 6.0 years. Most athletes played recreational or high school basketball (85%), while 15% played college basketball. Forty-three patients attempted to return to basketball. Of these patients, 35 (81%) returned to basketball after surgery, with 32 (91%) returning to the same level of play. Patients who returned to basketball had significantly improved outcomes on the modified Harris Hip Score ( Conclusion: At minimum 5-year follow-up, basketball players demonstrated durable improvements in PROMs and an RTS rate of 81% after hip arthroscopy for FAI. The majority of athletes returned to the same level of competition. There were significantly improved PROMs in patients who returned to sport versus those who did not. High school athletes had decreased odds of RTS when compared with recreational athletes. However, body mass index, sex, age, alpha angle, and basketball position did not significantly correlate with RTS outcomes.

Indexed as

basketballFAIhip arthroscopylabral tearRTS

Identifiers

PMID41884689
PMCPMC13009875

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.