Editorial Commentary: Patient Profiling: Identifying Risk Factors That Help Predict Outcomes of Hip Arthroscopy Candidates

Hip pain in the young athletic population is often caused by femoroacetabular impingement morphology. If a patient fails conservative management, hip arthroscopy becomes a potential treatment option. Our ability to maximize patient outcomes after hip arthroscopy is directly related to preoperative patient selection, intraoperative technical ability, and attention to detail in the postoperative period. When considering surgery as a therapeutic option, we want to first identify that the pain is truly stemming from the hip.
Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Commentary Source Type: research