Results presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting showed that labral and capsular repair during primary hip arthroscopy may reduce reoperations and conversion to total hip arthroplasty in the long-term. A study analyzed data from 290 primary hip arthroscopies and found that combined labral and capsular repair was associated with a lower conversion rate to THA (3%) compared to noncapsular repair and labral debridement (31%). This highlights the importance of restoring native hip anatomy and suggests that labral and capsular repair are modifiable risk factors. Conversions to THA were also associated with preoperative patient-sided factors like age and alpha angle.
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Labral, capsular repair may reduce conversion to THA after primary hip arthroscopy
