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Better patient-reported outcome scores seen for primary vs revision hip arthroscopy

Better patient-reported outcome scores seen for primary vs revision hip arthroscopy

Patients who underwent primary hip arthroscopy experienced greater improvement in patient-reported outcome scores at 2-year follow-up compared with patients who underwent revision arthroscopy, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

“The relative risk of total hip arthroplasty was often two-times [greater] after revision arthroscopy compared to primary,” Parth Lodhia, MD, said in his presentation. “There was a significant improvement in all patient-reported outcome scores at 2 years for primary and for revision arthroscopies and, finally, primary arthroscopy patients showed greater patient-reported outcome scores compared to revision.”

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Source: Healio