Arthroscopic Bursectomy With Concomitant Iliotibial Band Release for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Trochanteric Bursitis

Does Ultrasound Correlate with Surgical or Histologic Findings in Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome? A Pilot Study

“…Various surgical options have been reported for patients who no longer respond to nonoperative treatment. These include bursectomy [2,14,15,44], iliotibial band release [14,16,35,40], and surgical reconstruction of the tendons [11,23,30,43], frequently in combination [11,30,43]. Imaging [9,26,34] and surgical [10,28,30,34] observations implicating the tendons and bursae in the clinical syndrome have been reported.…”

Hip Abductor Tendinopathy: Work-Up and Open Versus Arthroscopic Repair of Hip Abductor

“…Tendinopathy of these structures is classified among a group of other diseases that also present as lateral sided hip pain called greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS); this also encompasses snapping hip and trochanteric bursitis. Historically, patients with lateral sided hip pain have been presumed to have trochanteric bursitis and treated with anti inflammatory medications, physical therapy and corticosteroid injections [3]. Failure of conservative therapy, in many cases, can be attributable to tears in the abductors sometimes necessitating surgical intervention.…”

“…Failure of conservative therapy, in many cases, can be attributable to tears in the abductors sometimes necessitating surgical intervention. Both arthroscopic and open repairs of the abductors have been shown to be effective treatments if conservative measures fail [1][2][3][4]. a traumatic event and in such cases history of such an event is helpful in categorizing the tear in this first group [16,17].…”

Distal fascia lata lengthening: an alternative surgical technique for recalcitrant trochanteric bursitis

“…Present management consists of a conservative approach that includes: NSAIDs, physiotherapy, bed rest, correction of the suspected although still unproven predisposing factors, and glucocorticoid injections [1,4,7,11]. Surgical procedures such as open supratrochanteric fasciotomy or endoscopic bursectomy have been used successfully in patients failing conservative treatment [1].…”

“…Trochanteric bursitis is a common entity encountered by the orthopaedic surgeon and other practitioners [3][4][5]. Approximately 10-20% of patients have been reported to attend to the primary care practitioner with hip problems [6].…”