Arthroscopic surgery of the hip was first proposed by Burman1 in 1931 in a cadaveric study, and the first clinical report of the procedure was published by Takagi2 in 1939. It was not until the 1980s, however, that hip arthroscopy became a standard element of the armamentarium for the diagnosis and treatment of hip pathology.3 Many hip disorders that are now managed arthroscopically previously went undetected and therefore untreated. Arthroscopy is now an option for many patients who would have been forced to live with their symptoms and modify their lifestyles.