Study Reveals Equal Hip Arthroscopy Outcomes Regardless of Sex, UBC Researchers Find

A comprehensive study led by UBC Department of Orthopaedics resident Dr. Helen Crofts, along with co-authors Drs. Jordan Leith, Mark McConkey, and Parth Lodhia, challenges the prevailing myths surrounding hip arthroscopy. The indications for hip arthroscopy have become more refined in recent years as the number of hip arthroscopies being performed has increased significantly. As outcome reporting following hip arthroscopy has increased, there has been conflicting evidence as to whether there are sex based differences in outcomes. Published in “Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery,” their study of over 40,000 patients reveals there are no sex differences in outcomes following hip arthroscopy.

The full article “Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy Show No Differences Between Sexes: A Systematic Review” can be accessed online at: https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(23)00311-0/fulltext.