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Study finds preoperative hip ROM not significantly affected by induction of general anesthesia
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No clinically significant difference was seen in preoperative hip range of motion after the induction of general anesthesia among patients undergoing hip arthroscopy for various pathologies, according to results of recently published data.
Researchers identified 260 consecutive patients who underwent hip arthroscopy. Investigators recorded data including patient age, diagnosis, surgery side, sex, height, weight and self-reported levels of physical activity. Patients’ passive hip range of motion (ROM) was assessed bilaterally in a clinic and preoperatively under anesthesia.
Results showed a mean reduction in hip flexion and hip abduction of 4° and 2°, respectively, after anesthesia was administered in the heathy contralateral hips of patients with unilateral pathology. When the hips were in external rotation with 90° flexion, investigators noted that hips with pincer femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and hip acetabular dysplasia had mean increases in hip external rotation of 4° and 6°, respectively.
“Small increases in external rotation in patients with FAI or acetabular dysplasia are within the standard error for ROM measurements,” the authors wrote. by Monica Jaramillo
Disclosure : The researchers report no relevant financial disclosures.
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