Hip Arthroscopy Surgery

Hip Arthroscopy Surgery




What is Arthroscopy?

An Arthroscopy is a small, fiber-optic instrument consisting of a lens, light source, and video camera. The camera projects an image of the inside of the joint onto a large screen monitor allowing the surgeon to look for any damage, assess the type of injury, and repair the problem.

What is Hip Arthroscopy?

Hip Arthroscopy is a highly specialised form of Arthroscopy surgery. It is done to treat sports injuries and non arthritic causes of hip pain. The aim is to relieve pain, improve hip function and movement, and enable return to pre-injury level of activity & sports.

Indications of Hip Arthroscopy

  •   Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)
  •   Labral tears
  •   Labral reconstruction
  •   Removal of loose bodies
  •   Debridement of chondral flaps
  •   Biopsy
  •   Debridement and wash out of infected native hip

The Procedure

You will be admitted on the day or one day prior to surgery. Under anaesthesia, you will be placed on a traction table to enable joint to be distracted to insert the arthroscopy under fluroscopy. A small cut (around 1cm) is made by Dr Jay Shah on the side of your hip to gain minimal access to the hip joint. Once access is gained to the joint, various specialised, cutters, graspers, burrs, suture anchors, etc are inserted to deal with your condition, by creating another small cut (around 1cm) on the front of your hip. On completing the surgery the cuts are closed and you will be shifted to recovery.

Rehabilitation

Following your Hip Arthroscopy surgery, you will undertake a rehabilitation program under the guidance of Dr Jay Shah & the hip rehabilitation team. This will focus on an initial period of rest & healing followed by hip movement exercises and strengthening exercises

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