PMID- 34915141 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220712 LR - 20220805 IS - 1526-3231 (Electronic) IS - 0749-8063 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Jul TI - Earlier Treatment Yields Superior Outcomes in Competitive Athletes Undergoing Primary Hip Arthroscopy. PG - 2183-2191 LID - S0749-8063(21)01095-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.arthro.2021.11.053 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To report minimum 2-year patient-reported outcome scores (PROs) and return to sport (RTS) for competitive athletes undergoing primary hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome within 1 year of symptom onset and to compare these results with a propensity-matched control group of competitive athletes with symptoms for over 1 year. METHODS: Data on professional, collegiate, high-school, and organized amateur athletes who underwent primary hip arthroscopy within 1 year of symptom onset between April 2008 and November 2017 were collected. RTS and minimum 2-year PROs were collected for the modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS), Non-arthritic Hip Score (NAHS), Hip Outcome Score-Sport Specific Subscale (HOS-SSS), International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-12), and visual analog pain scale (VAS). Rates of achieving minimal clinically important difference (MCID) were also evaluated. These patients were propensity-matched to a control group of competitive athletes with symptoms for over one year for comparison. RESULTS: Fifty competitive athletes (51 hips, 54.9% female) were included in the study group with a mean follow-up of 70.9 +/- 29.1 months and age of 23.6 +/- 11.3 years. They demonstrated significant improvement from preoperative to latest follow-up for all recorded PROs (P < .001) and RTS at a rate of 72.9%. When outcomes were compared to the control group, the study group demonstrated similar preoperative scores for all PROs but significantly better minimum 2-year postoperative scores for NAHS (93.8 vs 85.1, P = .0001), HOS-SSS (89.1 vs 77.2, P = .001), iHOT-12 (87.7 vs 76.4, P = 0.011), and VAS (1.5 vs 2.4, P = 0.027). Rates of achieving MCID for HOS-SSS and mHHS were comparable between groups. Further, RTS rates were similar between groups (P = .301). CONCLUSION: Competitive athletes undergoing primary hip arthroscopy with symptoms for less than 1 year demonstrated superior 2-year PROs compared to a propensity-matched control group with symptoms for over 1 year, but the rates achieving MCID and RTS were similar between groups. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative study. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Jimenez, Andrew E AU - Jimenez AE AD - American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Monahan, Peter F AU - Monahan PF AD - American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Owens, Jade S AU - Owens JS AD - American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Maldonado, David R AU - Maldonado DR AD - American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Curley, Andrew J AU - Curley AJ AD - American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Domb, Benjamin G AU - Domb BG AD - American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; American Hip Institute, Chicago, Illinois; AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S.A.. Electronic address: DrDomb@americanhipinstitute.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211213 PL - United States TA - Arthroscopy JT - Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association JID - 8506498 SB - IM CIN - Arthroscopy. 2022 Jul;38(7):2192-2194. PMID: 35809978 MH - Activities of Daily Living MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - *Arthroscopy/methods MH - Athletes MH - Child MH - Female MH - *Femoracetabular Impingement/surgery MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Hip Joint/surgery MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Patient Reported Outcome Measures MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2021/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/14 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/16 20:20 PHST- 2021/07/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/16 20:20 [entrez] AID - S0749-8063(21)01095-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.arthro.2021.11.053 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arthroscopy. 2022 Jul;38(7):2183-2191. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2021.11.053. Epub 2021 Dec 13.