title: Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement: minimum five-year follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical outcomes of an arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement at a minimum of a five-year follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case series with 24 subjects (26 hips) was conducted. Subjects that were submitted to an arthroscopic procedure for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement, at a minimum of five years, were evaluated. Subjects completed the modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS), the pain numeric rating scale and a general questionnaire accessing sports practice and satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-one of the 24 subjects (87.5%) were male and the average age at the time of surgery was 34.6 ± 9.5 years old (range 13-51). Of the 27 subjects submitted to hip arthroscopy, three (11.1%) could not be contacted. Follow-up was 6.1 ± 0.8 years, and at this time the average mHHS was 90.6 ± 11.6. Pain numeric rating scale was 2.6 ± 1.9 and 11 hips (42.3%) reported no pain. Of the 14 subjects that complained of hip pain during sports activities prior to surgery, 10 (71.4%) returned to normal sports activities while four (28.6%) subjects could not return to preoperative activities. Three patients had to be submitted to a new surgical procedure. All 24 subjects were satisfied with their procedure and would repeat it if necessary.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement, at five years follow-up, revealed good results in terms of improved function, pain relief and satisfaction.
authors: Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil.
authors: Giancarlo C
authors: GC
authors: Polesello
authors: Filipe R
authors: FR
authors: Lima
authors: Rodrigo P
authors: RP
authors: Guimaraes
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Ricioli
authors: Marcelo C
authors: MC
authors: Queiroz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D057925:Femoracetabular Impingement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult