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Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

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As techniques in minimally invasive hip surgery evolve, there is increasing opportunity to treat peritrochanteric hip conditions endoscopically. The collective diagnosis of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) includes trochanteric bursitis, gluteus medius and minimus tears, and external snapping hip syndrome (coxa saltans). Most of these conditions can be accurately diagnosed with routine history and physical examinations aided by plain radiographs, MRI, CT scans, and ultrasonography. Nonsurgical treatment is generally the first line of treatment, and most conditions will improve with oral anti-inflammatories and directed physical therapy programs. Diagnostic and therapeutic injections are useful in narrowing down the diagnosis and may also provide treatment for many ailments outside the hip joint. Minimally invasive surgical interventions via endoscopy have expanded dramatically in this area and continue to grow as we further understand the treatment pathology and select appropriate patients for surgery.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Randy Mascarenhas

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Michael J. Salata

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Daniel M. Wichman & Shane J. Nho

  4. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Hip Preservation Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Daniel M. Wichman & Shane J. Nho

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Shane J. Nho

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Bedi Asheesh

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Michael J. Salata

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Richard C. Mather III

  5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers, New York, NY, USA

    Bryan T. Kelly

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    Joshua D. Harris

  2. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Joshua D. Harris

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Mascarenhas, R., Salata, M.J., Wichman, D.M., Nho, S.J. (2021). Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome. In: Nho, S.J., Asheesh, B., Salata, M.J., Mather III, R.C., Kelly, B.T. (eds) Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7321-3_69-2

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    Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7321-3_69-2

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