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Article

Sport Activity and Clinical Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy with Acetabular Microfractures at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: A Matched-Pair Controlled Study

by
Mattia Loppini
1,2,3,*,
Francesco La Camera
2,3,
Francesco Manlio Gambaro
1,
Riccardo Ruggeri
2,3,
Guido Grappiolo
2,3 and
Federico Della Rocca
2
1
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy
2
IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
3
Fondazione Livio Sciutto Onlus, Campus Savona, Università degli Studi di Genova, 17100 Savona, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Life 2022, 12(8), 1107; https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081107
Submission received: 1 July 2022 / Revised: 20 July 2022 / Accepted: 21 July 2022 / Published: 22 July 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Orthopaedic Trauma and Reconstruction)
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Abstract

Background: Acetabular microfractures for cartilage lesions have been shown to be a safe procedure able to improve patient reported outcomes (PROs). Nevertheless, the return to sport activity rate represents a crucial outcome to be investigated in these young athletic patients. Methods: Patients undergoing acetabular microfracture for full chondral acetabular lesions were compared to a 1:1 matched-pair by age and gender control group undergoing hip arthroscopy without microfractures. Clinical assessment was performed with PROs and participation in sports in terms of type and level of activities was evaluated preoperatively and at 2-years follow-up. Results: A total of 62 patients with an average age of 35.1 ± 8.1 (microfracture group) and 36.4 ± 6.3 (control group) were included. In both groups, the average values of PROs significantly increased from preoperatively to the last follow-up. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the number of patients playing at the amateur and elite level preoperatively and at the last follow-up. Conclusions: Microfractures for the management of full-thickness acetabular chondral defect provides good clinical results at a minimum follow-up of two years, which are not inferior to a matched-pair control group. Patients undergoing this procedure are likely able to return at the same level of sport before surgery.
Keywords: hip arthroscopy; chondral lesions; microfractures; return to sport hip arthroscopy; chondral lesions; microfractures; return to sport

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Loppini, M.; La Camera, F.; Gambaro, F.M.; Ruggeri, R.; Grappiolo, G.; Della Rocca, F. Sport Activity and Clinical Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy with Acetabular Microfractures at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: A Matched-Pair Controlled Study. Life 2022, 12, 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081107

AMA Style

Loppini M, La Camera F, Gambaro FM, Ruggeri R, Grappiolo G, Della Rocca F. Sport Activity and Clinical Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy with Acetabular Microfractures at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: A Matched-Pair Controlled Study. Life. 2022; 12(8):1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081107

Chicago/Turabian Style

Loppini, Mattia, Francesco La Camera, Francesco Manlio Gambaro, Riccardo Ruggeri, Guido Grappiolo, and Federico Della Rocca. 2022. "Sport Activity and Clinical Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy with Acetabular Microfractures at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: A Matched-Pair Controlled Study" Life 12, no. 8: 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081107

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Loppini, M., La Camera, F., Gambaro, F. M., Ruggeri, R., Grappiolo, G., & Della Rocca, F. (2022). Sport Activity and Clinical Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy with Acetabular Microfractures at a Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: A Matched-Pair Controlled Study. Life, 12(8), 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081107

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