Usefulness of the Medial Portal during Hip Arthroscopy.
The current conventional portals for hip arthroscopic surgery are the anterior, anterolateral, and posterolateral portals. For lesions in the medial anteroinferior or posteroinferior portion of the hip, these portals provide insufficient access to the lesion and consequently lead to incomplete treatment. Thus, in such a situation, a medial portal approach might be helpful. However, operators have avoided this procedure because of the risk of injury to the obturator, femoral neurovascular structures, and the medial femoral circumflex artery. Thus, to overcome the disadvantages of the conventional method for medial lesions of the hip, we performed a cadaveric study to evaluate the technique, usefulness, and risk of the medial portal technique.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Chan
C
Kang
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Deuk-Soo
DS
Hwang
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Jung-Mo
JM
Hwang
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Eugene J
EJ
Park
D000368:Aged; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056888:Patient Positioning
Arthroscopy; Hip; Medial portal