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LA hip preservation surgeon top speaker at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting Sep 4th, 2021

After several pandemic-related cancellations, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting was held on August 31-September 3, 2021 in San Diego, California with COVID precautions in place. Los Angeles hip arthroscopy and hip preservation specialist Dr. Dean Matsuda was moderator and an instructor for the well-attended lecture entitled...

Endoscopic Repair of Adductor Avulsion Tear Jan 5th, 2021

Adductor tendon avulsion tears around the hip may occur as acute disabling injuries causing groin pain and weakness, often in athletes. Repairs have been done via open surgery with good outcomes. Dr. Matsuda recently performed the very first completely endoscopic repair as an outpatient procedure. He has pioneered other endoscopic...

LA Hip Preservation Surgery Specialist Publishes Game-changing Study on Dysplasia and Pincer FAI Jul 13th, 2020

https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(19)30149-5/pdf Click this link to read the ground-breaking clinical research published by the MASH Hip Arthroscopy Study Group, of which Dr. Dean Matsuda of Los Angeles in the senior member and principle investigator. Although it has been recognized that hip arthroscopy in properly selected patients can yield successful, safe,...

LA Hip Preservation Specialist Uses Minimally Invasive Surgery for FAI and Osteitis Pubis Jul 13th, 2020

https://ryortho.com/breaking/co-occurring-femoroacetabular-impingement-and-osteitis-pubis-a-possible-solution/ Open this link to see a 2020 national orthopedic newspaper article on the connection between femoroacetabular impingement (hip impingement or FAI) and osteitis pubis. The innovative minimally invasive arthroscopic hip and endoscopic symphysis pubis developed by Dr. Dean Matsuda in Los Angeles are typically performed as a single outpatient...

Bilateral Hip Arthroscopy: Patients come from near and far for single surgery with single rehab Oct 4th, 2019

Dr. Dean Matsuda is one of very few surgeons worldwide that performs bilateral hip arthroscopy as a single surgery to treat athletes with hip-generated pain in both hips. This procedure, published by Dr. Matsuda in the following link, teaches surgeons how to perform efficient and safe surgery with minimal traction...

Hip Arthroscopy Updates for American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Jul 10th, 2019

https://www5.aaos.org/aaosnow/2019/jul/cover/cover01/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURrM056aGhPRGN6TW1ReSIsInQiOiJXZDZoYXVSTVhLNEIzQzVxSWFEcVhPRjJaNWZ2ZWl6OGdDZjZ2TXZab3EwRlE1b21PQkttczJGcnNKNDdJd20xZndmTWRcL0VkOFFWeWM2dXVkWUVIUmY3K0swZ2VFYnRsclhqZlhXVW5wXC9HWHRXV29OSXNFTEJmSm1pV1c3OXVHIn0%3D

Which Patients Should Be Referred for Hip Arthroscopy? Jul 1st, 2019

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X3028I-2mfCUceDBrd6OjmApbRYC_gXD/view

Osteitis Pubis and Athletic Pubalgia Now Treatable with Endoscopy Jul 1st, 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382253/pdf/main.pdf

Advances in Hip Arthroscopy Jun 30th, 2019

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zVMC72H2pRpReIQa7ZcrUFLoaJ-mmVY0/view

Even Extreme Femoroacetabular Impingement is Treatable with Arthroscopy Jun 30th, 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382253/pdf/main.pdf

Does the spine affect the hip, and vice versa? Jun 12th, 2019

This timely article discusses the link between hip and spine conditions: https://www.healio.com/orthopedics/spine/news/print/orthopedics-today/%7B771efeba-5520-47ec-8eb2-fd487dab513f%7D/surgeons-should-educate-each-other-on-the-hip-spine-connection