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Does the Hip Capsule Remain Closed After Hip Arthroscopy With Routine Capsular Closure for Femoroacetabular Impingement? A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis in Symptomatic Postoperative Patients.

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Weber, AE; Kuhns, BD; Cvetanovich, GL; Lewis, PB; Mather, RC; Salata, MJ; Nho, SJ
Published in: Arthroscopy
January 2017

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the hip capsule in a subset of symptomatic patients who underwent capsular closure during hip arthroscopy. METHODS: All patients undergoing primary hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) with routine capsular closure between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2015, were eligible. Only patients with unilateral surgery and a postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; ordered for persistent symptoms) were included. Four independent reviewers evaluated each hip capsule for thickness and the absence or presence of defects. RESULTS: During the study, 1,463 patients had hip arthroscopy for FAI with routine capsular closure, and 53 (3.6%) underwent a postoperative MRI. Fourteen of the 53 were excluded owing to revision status or additional procedures. The final study population included 39 patients (23 female patients and 16 male patients), with an average patient age of 31.7 ± 11.4 years and an average body mass index of 23.3 ± 2.9. There were 3 (7.5%) capsular defects, and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.82. The operative hip capsule was significantly thicker in the zone of capsulotomy, and subsequent repair as compared with the unaffected, contralateral hip capsule (5.0 ± 1.2 mm vs 4.6 ± 1.4 mm; P = .02), ICC 0.83. Additionally, males had thicker hip capsules as compared with their female counterparts, on the operative side (5.4 ± 1.1 mm vs 4.5 ± 1.2 mm; P = .02) and the nonoperative side (4.8 ± 1.6 mm vs 4.1 ± 0.9 mm; P = .08). CONCLUSIONS: In a subset of symptomatic patients after hip arthroscopy for FAI, the majority (92.5%) of the repaired hip capsules remained closed at greater than 1 year of follow-up. The hip capsule adjacent to the capsulotomy and subsequent repair is thickened compared with the same location on the contralateral, nonoperative hip. Aside from gender, patient-related and FAI-related factors do not correlate with capsular thickness nor do they seem to correlate with the propensity to develop a capsular defect. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, prognostic case series.

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Arthroscopy

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EISSN

1526-3231

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

108 / 115

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wound Healing
  • United States
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Radiography
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip
  • Orthopedics
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
 

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Weber, A. E., Kuhns, B. D., Cvetanovich, G. L., Lewis, P. B., Mather, R. C., Salata, M. J., & Nho, S. J. (2017). Does the Hip Capsule Remain Closed After Hip Arthroscopy With Routine Capsular Closure for Femoroacetabular Impingement? A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis in Symptomatic Postoperative Patients. Arthroscopy, 33(1), 108–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2016.07.022
Weber, Alexander E., Benjamin D. Kuhns, Gregory L. Cvetanovich, Paul B. Lewis, Richard C. Mather, Michael J. Salata, and Shane J. Nho. “Does the Hip Capsule Remain Closed After Hip Arthroscopy With Routine Capsular Closure for Femoroacetabular Impingement? A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis in Symptomatic Postoperative Patients.Arthroscopy 33, no. 1 (January 2017): 108–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2016.07.022.
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Published In

Arthroscopy

DOI

EISSN

1526-3231

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

108 / 115

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wound Healing
  • United States
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Radiography
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip
  • Orthopedics
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging