Arthroscopic Management of Soft Tissue Problems Aroud the Hip

Peritrochanteric diseases are recurrent cause of lateral hip pain that usually affects middle age and active women. Despite questionable results, classically they have been treated in a conservative way. Surgical techniques are preferred for those who had unsatisfactory results with conservative treatment. In these patients we have developed an arthroscopic surgical treatment that included the bursa resection and the parcial release of the iliotibial band, showing satisfactory results. This article describes the surgical technique.