Table 4.

Potential Risks and Benefits of Capsular Suspension Technique for Hip Arthroscopy

Potential advantages

Elimination of the need for additional personnel for retraction

Protection of the post-arthrotomy capsular edges from iatrogenic injury to facilitate later tension-free repair

Increased visualization within the central and peripheral compartments

Decreasing skin-to-joint distance, allowing for arthroscopy in larger individuals

Potential disadvantages/risks

Additional surgical time

Difficulty negotiating portals with tension sutures

Tension suture tangling

NOTE. Capsular suspension has several advantages, as well as risks, as summarized in this table. Because of the recent adoption of the described technique, the frequency of complications resulting from this technique cannot be reported because no such data are available in the literature yet.