Abstract
Background:
Adequate cam resection during hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) is necessary to restore femoral head-neck offset while avoiding under- or over-resection. The relationship between the extent of femoroplasty and postoperative patient-reported outcomes remains unclear.
Purpose:
We sought to answer the following questions: What is the association between the extent of cam femoroplasty resection and postoperative improvements? and is a 5% resection threshold associated with improved outcomes?
Methods:
We conducted a retrospective review of patients with adequate acetabular coverage who underwent primary hip arthroscopy with femoroplasty between January 2015 and December 2022 at our institution and had preoperative and 1- and/or 2-year postoperative modified Harris hip score (mHHS) and/or International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT) scores. We included 400 patients (409 hips; ages 14–50 years). Outcomes included score changes and achievement of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) and substantial clinical benefit (SCB). Postoperative Dunn lateral radiographs quantified femoroplasty by resection depth percentage (resection depth/femoral head diameter), proximal resection angle, and postoperative α angle. Hips were classified as under-resection, neutral (0%–5%), or over-resection (>5%), and differences in outcomes were compared between resection groups. Multivariable regression analyses controlled for demographic, radiographic, and surgical variables.
Results:
Mean resection depth was 4.8%; mean proximal resection angle was 72.6°. No differences were observed in score improvements or MCID/SCB rates between groups with under-resection versus over-resection at 1 or 2 years. Greater resection depth was associated with larger 1-year mHHS and iHOT improvements and independently predicted 1-year iHOT MCID and SCB. Higher proximal resection angle predicted 2-year iHOT MCID.
Conclusion:
In this retrospective, single-institution cohort study, we found that in patients with FAIS, greater femoroplasty depth was associated with improved 1-year clinical outcomes.
Level of Evidence:
Level III, retrospective cohort study.
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