Arthroscopic Surgery

Arthroscopic Surgery; Arthroscopy is the visualization of the joint. Surgical applications can be performed with arthroscopic methods with very little soft tissue damage compared to the old open surgeries.

The procedure can be performed with a few small incisions instead of a large incision, which allows the patient to experience less postoperative pain and back to his/her daily life in a shorter time. Many arthroscopic applications are performed with daily hospitalizations and postoperative rehabilitation is much easier.

In arthroscopic surgery, the image of the joint is transmitted to the monitor by inserting a scope in the joint. By this way, all sides of the joint can be examined by magnifying the images acquired and the pathologies can be analyzed by closer views. Pathologies can be treated with various instruments from other penetration ways.

Skin incisions are 1-1.5 cm in length and the diameter of the instruments used is between 3-5 mm. The whole application is carried out with these precise instruments inserted into the joint through these small incisions with the image acquired by the scope.

Therefore, joint problems can be treated without cutting the muscles, tendons and ligaments around the joints. The rate of infection is much lower than open surgeries and also patients can back to their daily life very quickly.

Conditions where arthroscopic knee examination and treatment are necessary: Chondromalacia patella, placement and alignment disorders of the patella, cartilage problems and irregularities, sports injuries, degenerative joint diseases (osteoarthritis, gonarthrotic) plica syndrome, popliteal cysts, ripped anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, meniscus injuries, meniscectomy and meniscus repairs, osteochondritis dissecans, synovial diseases. Arthroscopy, which has become widespread in the knee joint at first, can now be applied to almost any joint today.

However, arthroscopic applications of knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, wrist and hip joints are more frequently performed.