2025 AANA/ASES Specialty Day All-Access Pass-AANA Session III: Hip

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The HIP session covered advanced topics in hip preservation, focusing on cartilage injury diagnosis and treatment, capsule and labral management, and abductor tendon repairs. Dr. Mather presented RECLAIM, a novel single-stage arthroscopic cartilage restoration using autograft cartilage, allogeneic MSCs, and a fiber-glue scaffold, showing promising 6-month MRI results and FDA regenerative therapy designation. The importance of careful labral and capsule repair, weighing reversible vs. irreversible procedures, was emphasized. The debate on abductor tendon repair compared endoscopic versus open approaches. Dr. Byrd advocated for endoscopy due to fewer severe complications and ability to treat intra-articular pathology, highlighting promising early bioinductive patch results for partial tears. Dr. Ayeni supported open repair as a good, fast, and cost-effective approach suited for large or complex tears, with robust evidence for durable outcomes. Audience favored open repair. The session concluded stressing individualized, evidence-informed management strategies integrating new technologies to improve hip preservation outcomes.

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Moderators: Alan L. Zhang, M.D., FAANA, Haley Smith, M.D. Faculty: Aaron J. Krych, M.D., FAANA, Richard C. Mather III, M.D., M.B.A., J.W. Thomas Byrd, M.D., Olufemi R. Ayeni, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.

Keywords

hip preservation

cartilage injury diagnosis

RECLAIM arthroscopic cartilage restoration

labral and capsule repair

abductor tendon repair techniques

bioinductive patch for tendon repair