Basic Concepts in Hip Arthroscopy

Hip arthroscopy has become very popular in the last decade. Numbers are increasing rapidly worldwide. More than 11,000 hip arthroscopies were performed at the English public health system from 2002 to 2013. It means an increase of more than 700%. Similar numbers were published in North America, with an increase of more than 350% in the period 2004–2009. During a similar period on the opposite side of the globe, Korean researches published a twofold increase between 2007 and 2010. In the midterm, there is a projected increase of 1388% by 2023 [1].