Puncture Capsulotomy During Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement: Preserving Anatomy and Biomechanics.

ABSTRACT: We describe an arthroscopic technique for the treatment of labral pathology and femoroacetabular impingement that provides excellent access to the central and peripheral compartments while preserving the biomechanically crucial components of hip joint stability. The hip capsule and the ligaments within it have been shown to be integral to hip biomechanical stability. Other popular techniques such as interportal and T-capsulotomy inherently damage the capsuloligamentous complex of the hip and can be associated with postoperative gross instability, micro-instability, heterotopic ossification, and seroma. Capsular closure may mitigate some of these effects but has been associated with capsular insufficiency and requires postoperative restrictions that can be prolonged. Our surgical technique

SUBMITTER: Conaway WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765917 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature