PMID- 36122359 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221003 LR - 20221103 IS - 1552-3365 (Electronic) IS - 0363-5465 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 12 DP - 2022 Oct TI - Effect of Anchor Density on Functional Outcomes After Arthroscopic Hip Labral Repair. PG - 3210-3217 LID - 10.1177/03635465221121577 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: While labral repair has been widely adopted as the first line treatment for labral injury during hip arthroscopy, there is no widespread consensus on the procedural technique, including the number of anchors that should be used to avoid recurrent instability and revision surgery. PURPOSE: To determine if anchor density can predict patient-reported outcomes after arthroscopic labral repair in the hip. STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS: Patients aged 18 to 50 years who underwent primary hip arthroscopic surgery with labral repair between January 2011 and December 2016 were identified from a prospectively collected database. Exclusion criteria consisted of previous ipsilateral surgery, osteoarthritis (Tonnis grade >1), and severe cartilage defects (Outerbridge grade III/IV) or concomitant labral reconstruction, capsular reconstruction, or microfracture. Minimum 2-year patient-reported outcomes (modified Harris Hip Score [mHHS], Hip Outcome Score [HOS]-Activities of Daily Living [ADL], HOS-Sport Specific Subscale [SSS], 12-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-12]), rates of achieving the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) for each score, revision surgery rate, and rate of conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA) were compared based on anchor density (number of anchors per millimeter of labral tear). RESULTS: A total of 634 hips (575 patients) with a mean age of 30.4 +/- 9.5 years (range, 18.0-49.9 years) met inclusion criteria. The mean labral tear size was 31 +/- 11 mm (range, 2-70 mm) with a median number of anchors used for labral repair of 3 (range, 1-7) and mean anchor density of 0.11 +/- 0.08 anchors (range, 0.03-1.33) per millimeter of labral tear. Hips with a minimum 2-year follow-up (451/634 [71.1%]) had significant improvements on the mHHS, HOS-ADL, HOS-SSS, and SF-12 Physical Component Summary (P < .001 for all). There was no significant correlation detected between anchor density or number of anchors used and postoperative scores (correlation coefficient range, -0.05 to 0.17; P > .05 for all). The rate of revision surgery was 6.4% (28 patients), with 8 hips found to have labral tears and/or deficiency on revision. Additionally, 6 hips (1.3%) had to undergo THA at a mean of 3.6 +/- 2.1 years (range, 2.0-5.5 years). CONCLUSION: Anchor density did not have a correlation with postoperative outcomes, achieving the MCID or PASS, revision hip arthroscopic surgery, complications, or conversion to THA. FAU - Ernat, Justin J AU - Ernat JJ AD - Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA. FAU - Comfort, Spencer M AU - Comfort SM AD - Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA. FAU - Jildeh, Toufic R AU - Jildeh TR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7077-0057 AD - Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA. FAU - Ruzbarsky, Joseph J AU - Ruzbarsky JJ AD - Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA. FAU - Philippon, Marc J AU - Philippon MJ AD - Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, USA. AD - The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220919 PL - United States TA - Am J Sports Med JT - The American journal of sports medicine JID - 7609541 SB - IM MH - Activities of Daily Living MH - Adult MH - Arthroscopy/methods MH - Cohort Studies MH - *Femoracetabular Impingement/surgery MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - *Hip Joint/surgery MH - Humans MH - Patient Reported Outcome Measures MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Rupture MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - anchor density OT - functional outcome OT - hip arthroscopic surgery OT - labral repair EDAT- 2022/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/04 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/19 16:42 PHST- 2022/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/19 16:42 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/03635465221121577 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Sports Med. 2022 Oct;50(12):3210-3217. doi: 10.1177/03635465221121577. Epub 2022 Sep 19.