A. Combalia

In a retrospective study of professional men’s soccer players with dynamic pubic osteopathy, Cugat et al. report no major complications after bilateral open adductor longus tenotomy, with 98% of players returning to unrestricted play at their preinjury competitive level at a median of 87 days. "For team physicians and performance staff, this (study) provides a practical and sport-specific benchmark of approximately 3 to 4.5 months when counseling elite athletes whose symptoms persist despite structured nonoperative management," the authors write. "As with any good investigation, the questions answered here point to considerable remaining knowledge gaps," writes Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw in a #CORRInsights commentary. "Our focus (in further research) should be on stratifying patient risk for recalcitrant adductor symptoms relative to their severity of impingement, movement patterns, and functional requirements." Read "Bilateral Open Adductor Longus Tenotomy Is Associated With Predictable Return to Play in Professional Soccer Players: A Case Series of 100 Patients" here: ow.ly/Hk2W50ZSpEE Read the commentary here: ow.ly/GS7L50ZSpEG #orthoTwitter #medTwitter #sportsmed #hipsurgeon #soccerplayer #proathlete #pain #CORR