Hip surgeries and hockey players, a "I had too much time on my hands" collection of semi-useless insights:
https://www.prohockeystrength.com/pu...ey-Players.cfm
- Players who played 5+ years after surgery had symptoms an average of 9 months
- Players who played less than 5 years after surgery had symptoms 20+ months
- Return to sport time is 6-8 months. From another article, most get back to 'everyday activities' within 4 months; rehab for athletes 5-6 months, 100% within 9 months.
- Those who played 5+ years had an average age of 25 at surgery
- Those who played 5> years had average age of 30 at surgery
Other players who have had this surgery (labrum), as a proxy (article is from January 20, 2021):
https://ontheshelf.ca/2021/01/20/nhl...n%20the%20hip.
- Pastrnak
- Seguin
- Marchand
- Jamie Benn
- Klingberg
- Nichuskin
- Kucherov (may not have been labrum)
Importantly, what Backstrom has had done (Hip resurfacing surgery) is far more intense and less likely to lead to a strong return, so... keep that guy out of your fantasy pools.
Another study of return rate:
https://academic.oup.com/jhps/article/6/3/234/5536657
- 77 Players underwent hip arthroscopy for FAI (Labrum, like Monahan) between 2000 to 2017
- Mean age was 29, mean experience in NHL was 8 years
- 90.9% of offensive players returned to the sport
- Average post-op career length: 3.3 years
- "Despite the significant decrease in career lengths following surgery, there was no significant decrease in post-operative performance scores compared with pre-operatively and between post-operative cases and post-index controls for all positions." -- because this study also accounts for age and regular career performance decline and does not attribute 100% of it to the surgery
- "The authors may not have been able to identify all previous hip surgeries for the included players which has been shown to have an effect on the outcomes of hip arthroscopy for FAI" <-- may impact Monahan in this case, irrespective of his other surgeries/medical issues.
Conclusion: "The RTS (return to sport) rate for NHL athletes after hip arthroscopy for FAI is above 90% at less than 1 year. Following surgery, if a player returns to the NHL, then their post-operative performance is similar to pre-operatively and controls, but their careers are approximately one season less than controls."