ARTROSCOPY

It is a surgical procedure performed for diagnosis and treatment by enlarging the images and transferring them to the screen with the help of a small camera placed inside the joint.

In the field of Orthopedics and Traumatology, in addition to providing great convenience to the doctor in the diagnosis and treatment of shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle disorders, it also plays an important role in the patient's comfort and prevention of possible complications (unwanted bad results).

We can list the areas where arthroscopy is used in orthopedics as follows:

SHOULDER

Repair of rotator cuff (muscle group that moves the shoulder) tears, treatment of impingement syndrome, treatment of shoulder dislocations, reconstruction torn ligaments of the shoulder (collarbone dislocation), removal of the loose body (free particles moving in the joint), treatment of synovitis (intra-articular tissue thickening) that is caused by rheumatic diseases.

ELBOW

Treatment of some fractures in the elbow joint, treatment of tennis elbow and removal of loose bodies.

WRIST

Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, treatment of some fractures in the wrist, removal of loose body, repair of torn ligaments.

HIP

Treatment of impingement syndrome, treatment of torn ligament inside the hip and removal of loose body

KNEE

Treatment of torn meniscus, reconstruction of anterior-posterior cruciate ligament(ACL/PCL), treatment of cartilage damage, treatment of patellar dislocations, removal of loose bodies, treatment of synovitis (intra-articular tissue thickening) that is caused by rheumatic diseases.

ANKLE

Treatment of cartilage damage, treatment of impingement syndrome, removal of loose body.