Advanced Hip Arthroscopy: What’s New?

This chapter updates main topics in hip arthroscopy. Since chondrolabral injury has been proposed the beginning of hip osteoarthritis, other new entities play a role in the painful hip. Actually, if we want to improve long-term clinical results, we should establish better indications for surgical treatment rather than surgical technical modifications. Different options to manage chondrolabral lesions are described in this chapter, and labral reconstruction is a very popular option nowadays. Capsular management is also a hot topic that will be discussed, and its relationship with hip instability is an interesting debate. The importance of cam deformity resection and modern therapies to treat cartilage defects are other problems directly related to osteoarthritis progression in the hip.