Hip Arthroscopy
Symptoms & Diagnosis
Loose Bodies
The term "loose bodies", refers to the presence of one or more small pieces of hyaline cartilage and/or bone that are floating around within the hip joint. This can be thought of as having a small pebble in your shoe, which moves around causing pain depending upon where it migrates to. Loose bodies can be the result of a traumatic event or a degenerative process like avascular necrosis or degenerative osteoarthritis.
Hip arthroscopy is well suited to the removal of loose bodies. The loose bodies can be seen and removed using special surgical instruments.
