Hip Arthroscopy

Hip arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that allows a surgeon to view the interior of the hip joint through a small camera called an arthroscope and to treat a range of hip disorders through small incisions rather than open surgery. The approach became clinically practical only in recent decades, as tool technology improved and as reliable ways were developed to distract the hip joint enough to work inside it, and it has grown in popularity because of its smaller incisions and generally shorter recovery times compared with conventional open surgical techniques.