Arthroscopic knee surgery

As people get older, their joints will develop arthritis due to severe strain. Arthritis usually does not cause any symptoms, but it can cause pain when people are overworked or the weather changes. Arthritis often causes patients to feel a lot of discomfort in their bodies and puts a lot of pressure on the body. Arthroscopic knee surgery is currently a relatively basic treatment technology. What is this treatment like?

What can arthroscopic surgery do?

An arthroscope is a rod-shaped optical instrument with a diameter of about 5 mm for observing the internal structure of a joint. It is an endoscope used by doctors to diagnose and treat joint diseases. This instrument has been widely used since 1970. The arthroscope has a lens at the end of a thin tube. When the thin tube is inserted into the joint, the internal structure of the joint will be displayed on the monitor. Therefore, the structures inside the joint can be directly observed.

Arthroscopic surgery is a procedure in which several chopstick-sized or smaller holes (5 to 10 mm) are cut in the skin, and a camera and surgical instruments are inserted into the human joint. The doctor performs the surgery under the monitoring of a monitor to diagnose and treat various joint diseases.

The joints that can be diagnosed and treated abroad so far include: knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow, wrist, jaw, hip, metacarpophalangeal joints, and even thoracic and lumbar joints.

Basic Introduction

An arthroscope is a rod-shaped optical instrument with a diameter of about 5 mm for observing the internal structure of a joint. It is an endoscope used by doctors to diagnose and treat joint diseases. This instrument has been widely used since 1970. The arthroscope has a lens at the end of a thin tube. When the thin tube is inserted into the joint, the internal structure of the joint will be displayed on the monitor. Therefore, the structures inside the joint can be directly observed.

Arthroscopic surgery is performed by making several chopstick-sized or smaller holes (5 to 10 mm) in the skin, inserting a camera and surgical instruments into the joint, and performing the surgery under the supervision of a doctor on a monitor to diagnose and treat various joint diseases.

Treatment range

Arthroscopic surgery can treat various inflammations within the joints. Such as osteoarthritis synovitis, traumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculous arthritis, suppurative arthritis, osteochondritis dissecans, as well as synovial chondromatosis; patellar softening; osteophytes (bone spurs), loose bodies, synovial wrinkles, joint disorders, meniscus injuries, joint capsule adhesions, various intra-articular fractures, adhesions of various joints and limited joint movement, and various unexplained joint pains.

Related advantages

(1) The incision is small, there is no infection, and the skin scar is minimal.

(2) The operation is minimally invasive, safe, and can be repeated without affecting the joints for other surgeries in the future.

(3) Arthroscopy can be used to treat multiple diseases at the same time. For example, knee surgery can be performed simultaneously with joint cleaning and synovial fold resection.

(4) It has a wide range of indications and is suitable for a variety of lesions within the joints. There are few contraindications, such as poor physical condition that prevents conventional surgery, but arthroscopic surgery is not necessarily contraindicated.