Key result
The medial portal technique for hip arthroscopy was safely performed in a cadaveric model without injury to the obturator nerve or artery when the hip was flexed at 40 to 50 degrees.
Why the study?
Does the medial portal technique provide safe access to medial hip lesions without causing neurovascular injury in a cadaveric model?
Does the medial portal technique provide safe access to medial hip lesions without causing neurovascular injury in a cadaveric model?
A cadaveric study demonstrates that the medial portal technique for hip arthroscopy can be performed safely without injury to major neurovascular structures when the hip is appropriately flexed and abducted.
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.
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Kang et al. (2015) studied Hip arthroscopy (n=4). Medial portal technique was evaluated on Neurovascular injury (obturator nerve or artery). The medial portal technique for hip arthroscopy was safely performed in a cadaveric model without injury to the obturator nerve or artery when the hip was flexed at 40 to 50 degrees.
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