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Hip Joint Injection

Dawood Tafti  1 , Donald Schultz  2
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Hip Joint Injection

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Hip pain is a common clinical complaint and a source of disability with an incidence of 12 to 15 percent among all adults over the age of 60 years. Radiographic hip osteoarthritis affects 27% of adults above the age of 45 years. A lifetime risk of 25% is seen in those who are older than 85 years of age and with a 10% lifetime risk for eventual total hip replacement. Osteoarthritis of the hip involves a progressive loss of articular cartilage. Subchondral cysts, osteophyte formation, and synovial inflammation can subsequently develop. Therapeutic hip joint injection with corticosteroids, hyaluronic acid, and plasma-rich platelets have formed the cornerstone of non-surgical management of hip pain.

The important aspects of a fluoroscopic guided hip joint injection include:

  1. Minimize patient discomfort

  2. Maintain patient safety

  3. Maintain proper needle technique in accessing the intraarticular joint space

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Dawood Tafti declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Donald Schultz declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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