What is arthroscopic surgery?
Arthroscopic surgery, often wrong and incorrectly labeled as orthoscopic surgery, consists in the view of the joint with a small camera inserted into the skin. Arthroscopy is most often performed on the knee joint, but can also be used on wrist, ankle, shoulder or hip. Arthroscopic surgery is sometimes referred to as orthscopic surgery, but this term correctly refers to the correction of vision and does not describe any type of surgery.
The term arthroscopic is derived from the Greek roots arthro , which means "joint" and scopein , which means "see". In arthroscopic surgery, small cuts are carried out around the joint to admit a camera called arthroscope and any other required surgical tools. Slices are just a centimeter or two long and leave minimal scarring. Arthroscopic surgery is also significantly shorter than the open surgery of the joints.lems. Arthroscope can be used to photograph the interior of the joint thatIt can be evaluated by a doctor, and also provides a video on the television screen during surgery, so the surgeon can see what he does without opening the joint. The arthroscope is about the size of the pencil and has both magnifying lenses and magnifying light to make the photographed areas clearly visible.
arthroscopic surgery can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including synovitis or joint lining inflammation; tears in rotator cuffs or in cartilage or knee ligaments; Arthritis -related problems; and the carpal tunnel syndrome. Some conditions still require open joint surgery, but arthroscopic surgery has become more and more sophisticated and versatile because the procedure has been widely used in the 80s.
In arthroscopic surgery, considered a minimally invasive procedure, requires anesthesia, either local or general. This is usually an outpatient PThe island and few patients require many pain medications. Recovery is relatively fast, with sections healing in a few days and maximum recovery of the joint occurs within a few weeks. Rehabilitation or physical therapy may be required during the recovery period.
Like all surgery, arthroscopic surgery has several related risks. These include infections, excessive bleeding or swelling, blood clots, nerve or blood vessel damage and tool breakage. However, less than one percent of all arthroscopic surgical procedures has some of these complications.