Arthroscopy - 2026-06-28 - Journal Article
Prior Hip Arthroscopy Is Associated With Inferior Outcomes After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Propensity-Matched Study.
Cabarcas BC, Kang LS, Ahmad RA, Levy BA, Sierra RJ, Trousdale RT, Krych AJ, Taunton MJ, Hevesi M
Topics
Key Takeaway
THA after prior hip arthroscopy yields significantly lower FJS, mHHS, and HOOS-Pain scores at mean 6.6 years versus matched primary THA controls, with a 10% vs. 2% all-cause reoperation rate (P=.01).
Summary Depth
Choose how much analysis to show on this article page.
Summary
This propensity-matched retrospective cohort study compared PROs and reoperation rates in patients undergoing THA after prior labral repair arthroscopy versus primary THA controls matched 1:4 by age, sex, BMI, approach, and surgery year. Both groups achieved significant postoperative PRO improvements, but HA-THA patients scored significantly lower on FJS, mHHS, HOOS-Pain, and VAS pain (P<.001 for all). Only 75.7% of HA-THA versus 87.5% of Only-THA patients achieved the cohort-specific mHHS MCID of 9.6 points, and all-cause reoperation was fivefold higher in the HA-THA group (10% vs. 2%, P=.01).
Key Limitation
Tönnis grading at the time of THA was not stratified by interval from arthroscopy to THA, so the contribution of disease progression timing versus arthroscopy-related tissue alteration to inferior outcomes cannot be separated.
Original Abstract
PURPOSE
To investigate outcomes among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty after hip arthroscopy (HA-THA) compared with a matched cohort undergoing primary THA without prior arthroscopy (Only-THA).
METHODS
Patients who underwent THA after primary hip arthroscopic labral repair from 2009 to 2022 at a single institution were identified. Cases were propensity-matched 1:4 to primary THA controls by age at THA, sex, body mass index (BMI), surgical approach, and year of surgery. At minimum 2-year follow-up, patient-reported outcomes (PROs)-Forgotten Joint Score (FJS), modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS), and Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Pain (HOOS-Pain)-were analyzed.
RESULTS
Sixty-two hips (age: 47.5 ± 9.3 years,
BMI
29.7 ± 6.2 kg/m 2 ) were matched to 248 Only-THA hips (age: 47.9 ± 10 years,
BMI
29.5 ± 5.8 kg/m 2 ). Although both HA-THA and Only-THA patients showed significant (P < .001) postoperative improvements in PROs, HA-THA patients reported significantly lower postoperative FJS, mHHS, HOOS-Pain, and inferior Visual Analog Scale pain scores (P < .001) compared with Only-THA controls. A cohort-specific minimal clinical important difference for mHHS was calculated as 9.6 points, with 75.7% of HA-THA and 87.5% Only-THA patients achieving this threshold (P = . 077). At mean 6.6 ± 3.3 years follow-up, HA-THA patients with preoperative Tönnis grades 1 reported significantly decreased FJS, mHHS, and HOOS-Pain compared with HA-THA patients with preoperative Tönnis grade 2-3 (P ≤ .05). HA-THA patients with Tönnis grade 1 also exhibited worse PROs (P < .001) compared with Only-THA controls. Although there were no differences in complication rates between HA-THA and Only-THA patients (8% vs. 5%, P = .49), all-cause reoperation was greater amongst HA-THA (10% vs. 2%, P = .01).
CONCLUSIONS
Patients undergoing THA after prior hip arthroscopy showed modestly inferior subjective outcomes at mid-term follow up compared with an age-matched cohort without prior arthroscopy. Although both groups showed meaningful improvement, a smaller proportion of HA-THA patients achieved the cohort-specific MCID for mHHS compared with Only-THA controls.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Level III, retrospective cohort study.