Immediate Versus Delayed Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement: An Expected Value Decision Analysis.

Manish P MehtaMichael A Hoffer-HawlikMichaela O'ConnorT Sean Lynch

Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews (2020)

This study confirms that immediate surgery is the preferred option when using decision-making analysis combining patient-reported utilities of health outcomes and the probabilities of those outcomes from the literature. This is consistent across a range of estimates of poor function in both the delayed and immediate surgery arms.

Keyphrases

decision making
minimally invasive
patient reported
coronary artery bypass
systematic review
acute coronary syndrome
total hip arthroplasty