Comparison of outcomes of arthroscopic chondral procedure for the articular cartilage injury: a study using the UK Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry dataset.
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Holleyman, Richard
Malviya, Ajay
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2020
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"Background: The purpose of this study was to report functional outcome scores following arthroscopic acetabular chondral procedures using the U.K. Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry (NAHR).
Methods: Data on adult patients who underwent hip arthroscopy between January 2012 and December 2018 was extracted from the NAHR. Patients who underwent femoral sided chondral procedures were excluded. Patients who underwent osteophyte excision or a concurrent extra-articular procedure were also excluded. Cases were then classified according to the acetabular chondral procedure performed – ‘chondroplasty’, ‘microfracture’ or ‘none’ (no chondral procedure recorded). Outcomes comprised EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) index and the International Hip Outcome Tool 12 (iHOT-12), preoperatively and at 6 and 12 months.
Results: A total of 4,978 arthroscopies were identified (chondroplasty 26.4%, microfracture 5.4%, none 68.2%). Patients who underwent microfracture were significantly older (37.9y vs 37.3y) and of higher BMI (26.4 vs 25.8 kg/m2) than patients who underwent chondroplasty. Pre-operative, 6 and 12-month follow-up were available for 77%, 42% and 38% of cases respectively.
This registry study found significant clinical improvement in all groups based on arthroscopic chondral procedure following hip arthroscopy. Patients who have microfracture seem to take longer to improve and have lower peak scores as compared with chondroplasty. All groups saw significant (p <0.0001) EQ-5D and iHOT-12 gain compared to pre-operative baseline scores at 6 months which was maintained at 12 months (12 month iHOT-12 gain: chondroplasty = +27.6 (95%CI 25.0 to 30.2), microfracture = +22.6 (95%CI 17.6 to 27.6), none = +25.4 (23.8 to 27.0)). There were no statistically significant between group differences in iHOT-12 gain.
Comparing <40y vs >40y age groups, all saw significant improvements in baseline scores maintained up to 12 months however patients over 40y were slower to improve, particularly in microfracture with significantly poorer iHOT-12 gain at 6 months in comparison to patients under 40y but significance was lost by 12 months.
Conclusion: Whilst patient selection is crucial (and we acknowledge selection bias as a key limitation), all three chondral procedures were effective at improving patient outcomes for both younger and older patients."
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Holleyman, R., Kuroda, Y., Saito, M., et al. (2020) Comparison of outcomes of arthroscopic chondral procedure for the articular cartilage injury: a study using the UK Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry dataset. Orthopaedic Proceedings; 102-B (SUPP_5) : 8.
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Orthopaedic Proceedings
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2049-4416