Arthroscopic Surgery

At Ohio Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, a number of orthopaedic and sports medicine disorders are treated with arthroscopic surgery. This is a minimally invasive surgical method that utilizes a camera to look inside a joint and specialized instruments to carry out any necessary surgery in that joint.The television camera attached to the arthroscope displays the image of the joint on a television screen, allowing the surgeon to determine the amount or type of injury, and then repair or correct the problem, if it is necessary. 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.

The physicians at Ohio Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine are specially trained in advanced arthroscopic procedures. Some of the arthroscopic procedures performed by our physicians are rotator cuff tendon tears, repair or resection of torn cartilage (meniscus) from knee or shoulder, reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament in knee, removal of inflamed lining (synovium) in the joints, release of carpal tunnel, repair of torn ligaments, and removal of loose bone or cartilage in knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle or wrist. Usually, patients undergoing arthroscopic procedures can resume daily activities within a few days, depending on the severity of their orthopaedic condition.