TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical outcomes of arthroscopic repair of acetabular labral tears JF - BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine JO - BMJ OPEN SP EX MED DO - 10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000328 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - e000328 AU - Carlos César Vassalo AU - Antônio Augusto Guimarães Barros AU - Lincoln Paiva Costa AU - Euler de Carvalho Guedes AU - Marco Antônio Percope de Andrade Y1 - 2018/05/01 UR - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000328.abstract N2 - Purpose To evaluate the primary clinical outcomes of arthroscopic labral repair.Methods All patients who underwent arthroscopic repair of the acetabular labrum performed by a senior surgeon between October 2010 and December 2013 were invited to participate in this prospective study. Patients included were those who had a preoperative diagnosis of labral tears, a lateral centre edge greater than 25° and a labral tear believed to be suturable during the intraoperative evaluation. Patients with Tönnis grade 2 or grade 3 hip osteoarthritis and those who had undergone a previous hip surgery were excluded. All patients were evaluated using the modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS) during the final appointment before surgery, 4 months after surgery and at the final evaluation. Interviews were conducted by the senior surgeon.Results Eighty-four patients (90 hips) underwent arthroscopic repair. The mean age was 44.2 years and the mean follow-up period was 43.0 months (minimum of 25 months and maximum of 59 months). The mean mHHS was 80.4 preoperatively, 95.0 at 4 months postoperatively and 96.6 at final evaluation. A statistically significant difference existed among these scores (p<0.001).Conclusion Arthroscopic labral repair was associated with a clinically significant improvement in mHHS after short-term (4 months) and medium-term (43 months) follow-up.Level of evidence Level IV, therapeutic case series. ER -