DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2013.11661

Hip Int 2013 ; 23 ( Suppl 9) : S54 - S60

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Acceptable symptom state after surgery for femoroacetabular impingement compared with total hip arthroplasty Franco M. Impellizzeri 1, Anne F. Mannion 1, Florian D. Naal 2, Michael Leunig 2 1 2

Department of Research and Development, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich - Switzerland Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich - Switzerland

The aim of the study was to examine whether patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) are better able to accept a given level of pain and disability than patients undergoing surgery for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Before surgery, 417 THA and 162 FAI patients completed the Oxford Hip Score (OHS). At 12-months follow-up (FU), they were requested to complete the OHS again, rate the global treatment outcome, and state whether their symptom state was acceptable. Preoperatively, THA had worse (p

Acceptable symptom state after surgery for femoroacetabular impingement compared with total hip arthroplasty.

The aim of the study was to examine whether patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) are better able to accept a given level of pain and disab...
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