Arthroscopic surgery
Arthroscopic surgery is a common procedure that locates as well as treats problems at the joints. Arthroscopic surgery can be done at any joint, but the most common are the shoulder and knee area. Simply, arthroscopic means to look inside a joint, as the word is derived from the Greek words “arthro” which means joint and “scope” which means to look. ... Arthroscopic surgery is done by first making three small incisions around the area all which are about a centimetre in diameter. ... Guided by the camera’s picture, the surgeon then either looks for anything unusual or fixes a problem that was the intent for the surgery. There are many pros to arthroscopic surgery with very few cons, which are spoken of at least.