Hip resurfacing patients with groin pain  report improved results
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Illical E. HSS J. 2012.
doi:10.1007/s11420-012-9299-3.

October 11, 2012

A cohort of patients who experienced groin pain after
metal-on-metal hip resurfacing reported improved outcomes at
mid-term follow-up, according to recent research.

“Groin pain post hip resurfacing has a multi-factorial
etiology and in the vast majority of cases improves over
time with no significant functional limitations,” Emmanuel
Illical, MD, FRCSC, and colleagues stated in the study
abstract…

…At minimum 63-month follow-up, the patients reported
improved mean pain rating, WOMAC and UCLA scores, according
to the abstract.

UCLA scores increased from 6.4 to 6.9 and mean pain rating
score improved from 5.2 to 2.5 at the latest follow-up…