Capsula Closure vs. Non-Capsula Closure: Hip Arthroscopy in Danish Patients With Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)

Aarhus University Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hip Injuries

Treatments: Procedure: Non-Capsula Closure; Procedure: Capsula Closure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03158454

Danish EC 1-10-72-279-16

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether patients undergoing surgical treatment (hip arthroscopy) of FAI syndrome will positively benefit from capsular closure, in terms of higher scores in validated patient reported outcome measurements, compared to a Group of patients with FAI syndrome where the capsule is left open at the end of the surgical procedure.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Radiological and symptomatic Femoroacetabular Impingement, where surgery is indicated. Preoperatively a minimum of 3 months of relevant physiotherapeutic treatment should have been performed.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous hip surgery in either hip
• Malignant disease
• Recent hip or pelvic fractures
• Arthritic disease
• Hip joint dysplasia
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes
• Slipped Capital Femoris Epiphysis
• Recent (within 6 weeks) medical treatment with corticosteroids
• Language problems of any kind

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Capsula Closure

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: Capsula Closure

Non-Capsula Closure

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: Non-Capsula Closure