Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 9 , Page 40e, November 2001

Hip arthroscopy in hereditary multiple exostoses:

A new perspective of treatment

Departments of Orthopaedic Traumatology and Pediatric Surgery (J.M.C.), Hôpital Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France

Abstract 

The cases of 2 children (9 and 11 years old) with hereditary multiple exostoses disease are presented. The lesions were located primarily in the acetabular fossa of the left hip and caused pain and limitation of range of motion. Hip arthroscopy was performed to remove the exostoses without damaging the articular surfaces and the Y cartilage. After the procedure, the pain disappeared and normal range of motion was recovered for both children. Conventional surgery would have required hip dislocation to access these lesions with an increased risk of femoral head necrosis. These cases constitute a new and interesting application of hip arthroscopy.

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Vol 17, No 9 (November-December), 2001: E40

Keywords:  Hip arthroscopy, Multiple hereditary exostoses, Acetabular fossa

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 Address correspondence and reprint requests to François Bonnomet, M.D., Département d’Orthopédie Traumatologie, Hôpital Hautepierre, Avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex, France.

PII: S0749-8063(01)03931-7

doi:10.1053/jars.2001.22410

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 9 , Page 40e, November 2001