Pediatric Hip Arthroscopy: a Review of Indications and Treatment Outcomes.

Hip arthroscopy is used in the treatment of a range of pediatric hip conditions, spanning from the infant to young adult. In femoroacetabular impingement, hip arthroscopy in young adolescents has shown improvement in patient-reported outcome measures, high return to sport rates, and low complications. Intra-articular hip pathology secondary to Legg-Calve-Perthes and the persistent deformities following slipped capital femoral epiphysis can be managed with primary hip arthroscopy, and outcomes show significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes. Arthroscopy can be used safely as a reduction aid in developmental hip dysplasia, and as a primary treatment for borderline hip dysplasia in adolescents. In septic hip arthritis, arthroscopic drainage is a safe and effective treatment. Hip arthroscopy is used in the pediatric and adolescent population in the management of femoroacetabular impingement, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, the sequelae of slipped capital femoral epiphysies, developmental hip dysplasia, and septic arthritis. Research for each of these conditions shows that arthroscopy is a safe and effective treatment when performed for the correct indications, and results are comparable to open surgical options.