Benign Tumors: In and Around the Hip Joint

Benign intra-articular tumors affecting the hip can be locally aggressive and destructive. They can be difficult to surgically access and to excise completely while maintaining femoral head blood perfusion. Besides this biological aspect, such lesions often create mechanical conflicts within the joint. Failure to achieve complete excision risks recurrence that can affect hip joint health, patient symptoms, and function. While arthroscopic accessibility has improved substantially over the past decade, certain locations and specific types of metaplastic or neoplastic disorders may be more reliably treated using the surgical dislocation as the mode of complete access to the hip joint.