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Stay tuned for follow-up on this  update from the 2nd Annual "Vail Hip Arthroscopy Symposium"  - February 14-16 2008, Vail, Colorado. featuring several doctors as Faculty:  Marc J. Philippon, Srino Bharam, JW Thomas Byrd, John Clohisy, Damian Griffin, Victor Ilizaliturri, Mininder Kocher, Christopher Larson, Michael Leunig, Tom C. Ludvigsen,  and Richard Villar

See 2008 Fox 5 Newscast on Hip Arthroscopy and Surgery Videos.

Video of Hip Arthroscopy for FAI

Improvement Following Arthroscopic Hip Surgery

Presented Friday, February 16, 2007
Location: San Diego Convention Center
Karen K Briggs, MPH Vail CO (a - Smith & Nephew, EBI, Genzyme,)
Marc J Philippon, MD Vail CO (a,g,e - Smith & Nephew, a - EBI, Genzyme)

Patients felt improvement at 3 months following surgery; however, largest functional improvement was not seen until 7 months. This information is important for patient education so potential outcome can guide patient expectations. Hip arthroscopy often resulted in improved function and high patient satisfaction.

(Keep in mind this was a study of a "very mixed bag of patients," of all different ages, and doesn't describe what TYPE of arthroscopic surgery they had - there are many different types).

GOAL of the study:  To determine patients’ functional improvement over time during the first year following arthroscopic hip surgery.

Data was collected on 115 patients (65 females, 50 males) following arthroscopic hip surgery(3/2005-1/2006) with an average age of 40(range 14-72). Patients completed subjective forms preoperatively(n=115), at 3 months(n=62), 5 months(n=22), 7 months(n=32), 9 months(n=31) and 12 months(n=18) postoperatively. Hip Outcome (HOS), Modified Harris Hip(MHH), Non-Arthritic Hip(NAH) and patient satisfaction (1=unsatisfied,10=very satisfied) scores were collected.

ADL HOS, MMH and NAH scores showed:

1.       significant improvement at 3 months over preoperative scores(p<0.05).

2.       significant improvement over pre-op at 7 months.

3.       Largest functional improvement occurred between 5 and 7 months.

4.       At 3 months 44% reported pain with walking, 50% at 5 months and 27% at 7 months. (1 in 4 patients still had pain with walking)

5.       At 7 months 23% considered hip function abnormal; however only 16% considered their condition unchanged/worse at 3 months.

6.       Average patient satisfaction at all time points was 8.0(range 1-10).


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