Endoscopic Repair of Abductor Tendon Tears Results in Variable Patient Reported Outcomes and Generally Good to Excellent Results

Abductor tendon pathology is fairly common, with up to 25% incidence in patients having total hip arthroplasty and 30% having hip arthroscopy. A systematic review of endoscopic abductor tendon repair demonstrated that as few as 41% of patients with endoscopic repair of abductor tendon tears achieve a patient acceptable satisfactory state (PASS), but a major limitation of systematic reviews is extreme heterogeneity between included studies. Surgical techniques and skills differ, as do tear severity and confounding pathology such as labral tears.
Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Commentary Source Type: research