Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the functional outcomes of hip arthroscopy using a noninterportal capsulotomy technique to address labral tears in patients with borderline hip dysplasia (BHD). Additionally, we also compared these outcomes with those of patients with BHD who underwent the standard repaired interportal capsulotomy (RIPC) arthroscopy.
Methods: Data from patients with BHD were retrieved from a database of patients who underwent arthroscopic hip surgery with noninterportal capsulotomy or RIPC to treat labral tears between January 2014 and December 2020. Data collected included both pre- and postoperative patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
Results: A total of 58 patients (noninterportal capsulotomy, n = 37; RIPC, n = 21) with a mean age of 30.9 ± 5.6 and 28.6 ± 5.5 years, respectively, met the inclusion criteria. All of the patients underwent a minimal 2-year follow-up. The mean lateral centre-edge angle was 23.3 ± 1.2° in the noninterportal capsulotomy group and 23.7 ± 1.0° in the RIPC group, with no significant difference. The PROs improved from the preoperative to the latest follow-up, with a p < 0.001. There were no differences between the groups.
Conclusion: Using strict patient selection criteria, hip arthroscopy with noninterportal capsulotomy demonstrated significant pre- to postoperative improvements in patients with BHD and achieved results comparable to those from hip arthroscopy with RIPC.
Level of evidence: Level III.
Keywords: borderline hip dysplasia; capsulotomy; hip arthroscopy; non‐interportal capsulotomy; repaired interportal capsulotomy.
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