KNEE Arthroscopy: Permanent Treatment for Arthritis

Arthroscopy means Looking inside the joint. Most of the modern techniques use the small telescope and that is inserted through the one-centimeter incision. This surgery is known as the keyhole surgery.

What are the 5 uses of the arthroscopy?

• This is helpful to gauge the extent of any joint surface damage.
• This is also useful for tidying the knee joint.
• This is useful to smooth off the worse affected areas.
• This is also helpful to excising the degenerative tears of the meniscus.
• This removes the loose fragments of the bone.

What involved in the arthroscopy procedure?

• This is the outpatient procedure.
• You have to come two or three hours before the surgery.
• Then your surgeon will give you the anesthesia.
• Then your surgeon will make the small incisions.
• Then your surgeon will use the sterile solution in order to fill the knee joint.
• Then your surgeon will insert the arthroscope. After this, any kind of the surgical treatment is required, and then your orthopedic surgeon will use the small surgical instruments. This procedure completes in the 30 minutes.
• Then your surgeon will close all your incisions by using the suture or the paper tape.
• Then your surgeon moves you to the recovery room. You will go home after the one or two hours.
• You must have someone who can take you home.

What is the 2 reason for opting the arthroscopy?

• This helps the doctors to diagnose the condition and helps to plan the further treatment.
• This is helpful to remove the damaged tissues from the knee.

The best Ortho centre in India has the large team of the orthopedic surgeons, who are expert in providing the best knee treatment.