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For closure of the horizontal interportal capsulotomy, 2 to 3 sutures are passed with the hip in 20° to 30° of flexion, as shown on arthroscopy of a left hip, viewed from the anterolateral portal. After all sutures have been passed, the hip is brought into neutral extension and the sutures are then tied sequentially.
