Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics, is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system.
Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.
Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure that allows your doctor to look at the inside of a joint in your body through a thin viewing instrument called an arthroscope
Arthroscopy allows your doctor to look at the joint surfaces and the surrounding soft tissues, such as tissue that connects bone to bone (ligaments) and the tough tissue that covers the ends of the bones at the joints (cartilage) and provides a cushion between the bones. This procedure can be used to diagnose a joint problem, perform surgery that repairs a joint problem, remove a loose or foreign body, or monitor a disease or the effectiveness of a treatment. Although the inside of nearly all joints can be viewed with an arthroscope, six joints are most frequently examined with this instrument. These include the knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, hip, and wrist.
Some common conditions found through arthroscopy are: Synovitis– Inflames lining (synovium) in Knee, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist or Ankle. Injury- Acute and chronic
Shoulder– Rotator cuff tendon tears, impingement syndrome and recurrent dislocations.
Knee– Meniscal (cartilage) tears, chondromalacia (wearing or injury of cartilage cushion), and anterior cruciate ligament tears with instability.
Wrist – Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Loose bodies of bone and/or cartilage – Knee, Shoulder, Elbow, Ankle, or Wrist.
