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Arthroscopic Surgery
Arthroscopic surgery is a common orthopaedic procedure
that is used to diagnose and treat problems in joints. The word "arthroscopy" comes
from two Greek words: 'arthro,' meaning "joint," and
'scope,' meaning "look." Simply put, arthroscopic surgery
is a means to look inside a joint. But arthroscopy is much more
than that!
Arthroscopic surgery is most commonly performed on the knee and shoulder joints.
Less commonly, arthroscoped joints may include the wrist, elbow, ankle and hip.
The reason the knee and shoulder are the most commonly arthroscoped joints is
that they are large enough to manipulate the instruments around, and they are
more amenable to arthroscopic surgery treatments.
When a knee arthroscopy is performed, a camera is inserted into the joint through
a small incision (about one centimeter).
The arthroscopic surgery camera is attached to a fiber-optic light source and
shows a picture of the inside of the joint on a television monitor. The surgeon
uses water under pressure to "inflate" the knee allowing more maneuverability
and to remove any debris. One or more other incisions are made to insert instruments
that can treat the underlying problem. For example, a shaver can be inserted
to trim the edges of a cartilage tear.
Many common knee and shoulder problems are amenable to arthroscopic surgery.
However, a controversy arose in the past year about the effectiveness of arthroscopic
surgery in treating arthritis of the knee. |
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