Arthroscopic surgery is an endoscopic surgical procedure in which diseases and problems within the joint can be treated, especially by entering the joints with endoscopic systems and intervening through one or several small holes. These procedures are actually no different from other endoscopic surgeries. What is different is that endoscopy is performed to see the inside of the joint, but also to treat it.
Today, arthroscopic surgery can be used to treat many diseases in the knee, hip, shoulder, elbow and wrist. Arthroscopic surgery is a non-invasive surgery. Since it is an endoscopic surgery, holes are opened for the patient during the surgery that are small enough to allow only instruments to enter, and these holes are operated on. These small surgical incisions are stitched with postoperative stitches, and since there are fewer surgical incisions, patients have less postoperative pain, and the patient's daily quality of life is better after surgery due to fewer surgical incisions.
Postoperative pain is less. Returning to daily work, physical activity and sports activities can be much faster, especially with endoscopic surgery. Therefore, today it is possible to treat many joint surgeries with arthroscopic methods, including ligament tears, meniscus tears, and joint cartilage problems. Today, it is possible to perform almost all of these treatments in the joints I have mentioned, with endoscopic surgery, that is, arthroscopic surgery.