Monthly Research Update
August 2026
Helping Patients With Snapping Hip
- Researchers at AHI developed and described a minimally invasive endoscopic technique to treat external snapping hip, a condition that can cause painful snapping or clicking on the outside of the hip. The technique focuses on carefully lengthening tight tissues around the hip to help reduce the snapping while preserving surrounding structures.
- What this means for patients: This research gives surgeons another minimally invasive approach for patients whose snapping hip symptoms do not improve with nonsurgical treatment.
- Read the research on PubMed: doi: 10.1002/atn2.70136
What Happens 5+ Years After Treatment for Hip Impingement?
- Researchers at AHI studied patients who underwent arthroscopic subspine decompression to treat femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), following them for at least five years. The study helps us understand how patients do over the longer term after this type of hip preservation surgery.
- What this means for patients: Long-term research can help surgeons better understand which patients may benefit from treating the areas of the hip that contribute to impingement.
- Read the research on PubMed: doi: 10.1177/03635465261456226
Repair or Reconstruction: What Is Better When Hip Surgery Needs to Be Revised?
- When a patient needs revision hip arthroscopy, surgeons may need to repair the existing labrum or reconstruct it using new tissue. AHI researchers compared these two approaches and followed patients for at least five years.
- What this means for patients: Comparing treatment options over several years helps surgeons understand which approach may provide better outcomes for different patients undergoing revision hip surgery.
- Read the research on PubMed: doi: 10.1177/03635465261456597