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This is particularly relevant when comparing hip arthroscopy (HA) and conservative management or physical therapy (PT) for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS), which commonly demonstrates significantly higher improvement in patient-reported outcomes among surgical intervention arms in comparison to conservative management. The study aimed to identify RCTs comparing outcomes after HA or conservative management for FAIS and characterize the fragility of statistically significant results. PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and ClinicalTrials.gov were utilized for RCT search. The Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials was used to assess the risk of bias. RCTs were included if (1) they contained a HA and conservative management or PT arm, and (2) reported \u2265 one statistically significant outcome. CFI and FI were calculated for significant continuous and categorical outcomes, respectively. Five RCTs met inclusion criteria. 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