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Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades.

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Meyers, WC; McKechnie, A; Philippon, MJ; Horner, MA; Zoga, AC; Devon, ON
Published in: Ann Surg
October 2008

OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: Athletic pubalgia (AP) is a leading cause of athlete loss from competitive sports. Commonly misnamed "sports hernia," AP is a set of pelvic injuries involving the abdominal and pelvic musculature outside the ball-and-socket hip joint and on both sides of the pubic symphysis. Prospective studies show that timely intervention and appropriate repair of selected injuries results in greater than 95% success. METHODS: The senior author reviewed his experience with 8,490 patients and 5,460 operations, looking primarily at the changes in patient characteristics over the last 2 decades and at some of the advances. RESULTS: Female proportion, age, numbers of sports, and soft tissue structures involved have all increased as have the number of syndromes identified and number of operations. MRI has improved greatly for both the diagnosis of hip and nonhip pathology in the pelvis. Increased understanding has led also to new rehabilitation and performance protocols. CONCLUSIONS: Better understanding and recognition of the injuries has led to more satisfactory care and returned many athletes to successful careers, which has had a major impact on modern sport.

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Ann Surg

DOI

EISSN

1528-1140

Publication Date

October 2008

Volume

248

Issue

4

Start / End Page

656 / 665

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trauma Severity Indices
  • Surgery
  • Prospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Pain
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
 

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Meyers, W. C., McKechnie, A., Philippon, M. J., Horner, M. A., Zoga, A. C., & Devon, O. N. (2008). Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades. Ann Surg, 248(4), 656–665. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e318187a770
Meyers, William C., Alex McKechnie, Marc J. Philippon, Marcia A. Horner, Adam C. Zoga, and Octavia N. Devon. “Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades.Ann Surg 248, no. 4 (October 2008): 656–65. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e318187a770.
Meyers WC, McKechnie A, Philippon MJ, Horner MA, Zoga AC, Devon ON. Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades. Ann Surg. 2008 Oct;248(4):656–65.
Meyers, William C., et al. “Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades.Ann Surg, vol. 248, no. 4, Oct. 2008, pp. 656–65. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e318187a770.
Meyers WC, McKechnie A, Philippon MJ, Horner MA, Zoga AC, Devon ON. Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades. Ann Surg. 2008 Oct;248(4):656–665.

Published In

Ann Surg

DOI

EISSN

1528-1140

Publication Date

October 2008

Volume

248

Issue

4

Start / End Page

656 / 665

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trauma Severity Indices
  • Surgery
  • Prospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Pain
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans