title: Arthroscopic Shoelace Capsular Closure Technique in the Hip Using Ultratape.
abstract: Hip arthroscopy is promising tool for assessing and treating intra-articular pathologies including labral tears, cartilage injuries, and ligamentum teres tears of the hip. Interportal capsulotomy allows for better visualization and accessibility of the arthroscope and working instruments. The hip capsule has been defined as a crucial stabilizer of the hip joint. Thus, capsular closure is recognized as an important procedure to prevent postoperative instability after hip arthroscopic surgery. Despite the routine capsular closure during hip arthroscopy, there is a small subset of patients who complain of hip pain and dysfunction after surgery most likely because of disruption of hip closure site after routine complete capsular closure with strong suture for treating hip instability. This technical note describes the arthroscopic shoelace capsular suture technique using Ultratape for treating femoroacetabular impingement with capsular laxity and borderline hip dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Wakamatsu Hospital for the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Soshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascual-Garrido
authors.affiliation: Wakamatsu Hospital for the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.affiliation: Wakamatsu Hospital for the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Utsunomiya
authors.affiliation: Wakamatsu Hospital for the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yukizawa
authors.affiliation: Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chahla
authors.affiliation: Wakamatsu Hospital for the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakai