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Status of Hip Arthroscopy in India: A Short Questionnaire Based Survey and Review of Literature

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Background

Hip arthroscopy is a minimally invasive technology for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in various hip disorders. Over the past decade or so, the technology and understanding related to this surgery have improved by leaps and bounds; however, in India the overall pace has been limited. The present review highlights the status of hip arthroscopy in the Indian context.

Methodology

A small survey with five questions related to practice of hip arthroscopy among Indian orthopaedic surgeons was conducted. Additionally a PubMed database search was conducted to recognise and assess studies pertaining to hip arthroscopy originating from India.

Results

Forty-two responses were received for the questionnaire, out of which 38 surgeons performed hip arthroscopy in their practice; the overall numbers were very low with only one respondent performing more than 50 surgeries in a year. For 84.2% of the respondents, the practice was limited to less than ten surgeries per year. 63.2% of the surgeons affirmed that there has been no change in their practice of hip arthroscopies over the past 5 years, signifying the slow growth and limited application of the technique. Only nine studies pertaining to the topic were available in the literature search, out of which five were case reports. The most common indication was removal of intraarticular foreign bodies, followed by joint debridement and lavage, synovial biopsies and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). The outcomes in all the studies were satisfactory.

Conclusion

Hip arthroscopy is in its nascent stages in India and much is still needed to be done for better implementation of the technique on a wider scale. Adequate training and continued medical education programme, with exposure to the experts in the field, will go a long way in better utilisation of the surgery in India.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, 160012, India

    Prasoon Kumar & Mandeep Singh Dhillon

  2. Ortho One, Coimbatore, India

    Yuvarajan Palanisamy

  3. Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ankush Verma & Vijay Shetty

  4. Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

    Lalit Maini

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Kumar, P., Palanisamy, Y., Verma, A. et al. Status of Hip Arthroscopy in India: A Short Questionnaire Based Survey and Review of Literature. JOIO 55, 325–332 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-020-00346-6

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