Efficacy and Economics of Arthroscopic Surgical Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome

Hip arthroscopy has emerged as a highly popular and minimally invasive treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome and labral tears by correcting the femoral and acetabular morphology and addressing the chondrolabral pathology. It has been reported to lead to significant improvements of patient-reported outcomes with minimal complications at short-term, mid-term, and long-term follow-up in addition to having low rates of secondary surgeries. As a result, rates of hip arthroscopy have increased dramatically, both in the United States and worldwide. Albeit these favorable outcomes of hip arthroscopy have been well-established, its cost-effectiveness has not yet been as well defined. However, even in the scenario of limited resources of today’s health care, new data has shown that this procedure is truly cost-effective.