Hips more frequently being treated and preserved with arthroscopy

Hip arthroscopy is a specialty area within orthopaedics that has seen steady growth in its popularity in the last decade due to an increased number of surgeons trained to perform hip arthroscopy, advances in technology, expanded indications and the seemingly greater numbers of patients today with hip pain who may find relief and experience better hip function after they undergo this minimally invasive surgery.

Orthopaedics Today Europe spoke with orthopedists about what has led to hip arthroscopy being done more often today.

“I think everywhere, if something is new this could be the reason why it is frequently done and after some years it decreases,” Solveig Lerch, MD, said. “I think the major reason why it is done more often is that surgeons get more experienced in arthroscopy and can treat more diseases than 20 years ago.”

“Another reason more hip arthroscopy procedures are being done is the arthroscopy technology is improving and arthroscopy surgeons are able to treat much more in an arthroscopic way than 10 years or 20 years ago,” Lerch told Orthopaedics Today Europe.

Click here to read the full Cover Story in the May issue of Orthopaedics Today Europe.