[Clinical outcomes of hip arthroscopic treatment for femoroacetabular impingement:a comparative study between
Ming-Jin Zhong1, Kan Ouyang1, Liang-Quan Peng1
1Department of Sports Medicine, the Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong, China.
Objective:
To compare the clinical outcomes and complications of hip arthroscopic treatment for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) performed with either Inside-out or Outside-in approach.
Methods:
The clinical date of 48 patients with FAI treated by hip arthroscopy surgery and follow-up from June 2016 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the different operative methods, the patients were divided into two groups. Inside-out group, from central compartment to peripheral compartment;Outside-in group, from peripheral compartment to central compartment. There were 14 males and 10 females in Inside-out group with an averageage of (39.8±7.6)years old, 13 males and 11 females in Inside-out group with an average age of (39.5±9.1)years old in Outside-in group. There was no significant difference in age, gender, body mass index, side, impingement type, medical history and follow-up time between the two groups. The complication occurrence rate, modified Harris hip score (mHHS)and nonarthritic hip score (NAHS) were compared between these two groups.
Results:
The mHHs and NAHS scores of the two groups were significantly higher than those before operation, but there was no significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). In the Inside-out group, there were 4 cases of nerve traction injury and 3 cases of iatrogenic injury, while only 1 case of nerve traction injury occurred in the Outside-in group. The incidence of complications in the inside out group was higher than that in the outside in group (16.7% vs 4.2%, χ2=5.400, P=0.020).
Conclusion:
Both hip arthroscopic surgery methods can obtain satisfactory clinical efficacy in the treatment of FAI, but the incidence of postoperative complications of Outside-in surgical method is lower. The out-side in method can be preferentially selected for the patients with the indications of operation.


