ORTHOPEDICS/HIP & KNEE/MEDICAL TECHNIQUES
Osteoplasty is a process of removing the bone limbs that surround the ball and socket of a hip joint.
A Hip-joint pain also called “Femoroacetabular” was frequently attributed to a hip strain or a groin pull with distinct reasons of discomfort.
This disorder is frequently thought to be an early originator to a hip-joint arthritis and is characterized by the formation of bone limbs that surround hip joint.
Hip-Joint Bone Limbs
The Hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint. Bone limbs can be agglomerated on both the ball and the socket. These bone limbs are called Hip cam or pincer lesions.
Cam Lesion: A cam lesion happens when the bone limb is on the ball of the Hip.
X-rays show a ball (the femoral head) that doesn’t look as round as normal. This fragment of the ball knocks into the socket when the Hip is flexed (bent up) or rotated (turned).
Pincer Lesion: A pincer lesion is a bone limb that spreads out from the socket of the hip joint (the acetabulum).
A pincer lesion stops the ball from moving freely.
Therapy Alternatives
Therapy begins by trying simple steps.
First, if the bone limbs are seen on x-ray, but not causing Hip pain, classically no behavior is needed. Therefore, if the pain occurs, therapy will includes relaxation, anti-inflammatory medicines, and even cortisone injections.
Second, if simple therapy did not provide satisfactory recovery, a medical process is needed to remove the bone limbs.
This process is called Osteoplasty.
There are two medical methods to performing an Osteoplasty:
Hip Arthroscopy:
Hip Arthroscopic operation consist of the limbs bone removal.
Performing an Osteoplasty Arthroscopically is the minimally aggressive surgery behavior.
The difficulty of this process is being technically complicated.
Open Osteoplasty:
Another alternative is to perform an incision over the Hip front and remove the bone limbs under direct visualization.
Does Osteoplasty Avoid Arthritis?
A great debate is nowadays occurring:
Some specialists believe that an Osteoplasty may slow the development of arthritis in the joints; However, others point out that there is no data to support this prerogative, and that the bone limbs removal has not been shown to ovoid the progression of arthritis in other joints.