ABSTRACT
Bursitis is the inflammation or irritation of the bursa. Bursitis are often the result of high-risk activities, which include gardening, raking, carpentry, shovelling, painting, scrubbing, tennis, golf, skiing, throwing and pitching. Trochanteric bursitis (TB) is a self-limiting disorder in the majority of patients and typically responds to conservative measures. Arthroscopic bursectomy appears to be an effective option for recalcitrant TB, which gives good pain relief and improved function compared with the preoperative status. It usually accompanies the femoral nerve and frequently communicates with the hip joint. The swelling may be large enough to obliterate the normal inguinal groove, or it may compress the femoral nerve to give rise to referred pain down the leg, usually the knee, as in hip joint disease. It must be remembered that this bursa often communicates with the joint cavity, and hence it may be important to drain the hip joint also in purulent infection of the bursa.
