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Recovery and time to surgery linked in proximal hamstring avulsion fixation
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A delay in surgery for a patient who has suffered a hamstring avulsion injury can lead to a longer delay in return to sport for athletes of all levels, according to results of a study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine conducted by Harry Benjamin-Laing, BSc, MBCh, MRCS, and colleagues.
The study, performed at the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, in London, examined the outcomes of athletes at all levels of play who had hamstring avulsions and the speed at which they returned to their level of sport after various delays to surgery.
“The majority of our patients were high-level athletes, and at least ‘weekend warriors.’ The majority of our athletes were rugby or soccer players. They all returned to sport after surgery, but the ones who were high-level athletes who we operated on earliest returned to their previous level and sooner. If they were operated on later, they typically dropped down a level,” Benjamin-Laing told Orthopaedics Today Europe.
Click here to read the full story in the April issue of Orthopaedics Today Europe.