Arthroscopy

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Arthroscopy

• Kyle Gildea

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What is Arthroscopy?

• Non Invasive procedure
• Used to repair joint injuries
• Uses medical tool called Arthroscope
• Is done 600,000 times annually

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What needs Arthroscopy?

• Joint problems
• ACL
• MCL
• Shoulder
• Many types of arthritis
• Frayed or loose cartilage

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History of Arthroscopy

• 1800s- start of cystoscopes
• 1960 first modern arthroscope by Masaki
  Watanabe
• 1970s arthroscopy becomes widely used
• Fiber optics
• Television monitors
• Focus on sports and fitness

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Arthroscope

• Arthroscope A thin flexible fiberoptic scope
  which is introduced into a joint space through a
  small incision in order to carry out diagnostic
  and treatment procedures within the joint
• Diameter of a straw
• Fitted with
• Mini camera
• Light source
• Surgical tools

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The Procedure(ACL example)

• Diagnosis
• harvest
• Tunnel
• Secure
• Recover

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Recovery

• Puncture wounds take several days to heal
• Several weeks for joint paint to heal
• Rehabilitation is usually necessary
• If surgery is successful patient fully recovers

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Risks and Limitations

• Infection
• Anesthesia
• Instrument breakage
• Pain or numbness
• Nerve damage
• Less than 1 have complications

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Works Cited

• http//www.aana.org/PatientInformationBrochures/Ri
  sks/tabid/96/Default.aspx
• http//www.medicinenet.com/arthroscopy/page2.htm
• http//orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topica00109
• http//www.urologichistory.museum/content/collecti
  ons/scopeurology/cystoscopes.cfm
• http//www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articl
  ekey33986
• http//www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Fi-La/Knee-Arth
  roscopic-Surgery.html
• http//orthopedics.about.com/od/aclinjury/p/recons
  truction.htm