Mathieu Thaunat, Victor Pacoret, Maxime Saad, Adrien Saint-Etienne, Antoine Morvan
Tears in the gluteus medius and minimus tendons are a common cause of greater trochanter pain syndrome (GTPS). Given the non-specific clinical signs and imaging findings, they are often misdiagnosed, with delayed treatment. The lesions can show several aspects: trochanteric bursitis, simple tendinopathy, partial or full-thickness tear, tendon retraction, or fatty degeneration. Non-surgical treatment associates physical rehabilitation and activity modification, oral analgesics, anti-inflammatories and peri-trochanteric injections (corticosteroids, PRP)...
December 2022: Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Surgery & Research: OTSR