Knee Arthroscopy
This is mainly a day case operation performed to deal with small tears and problems with the cartilage inside the knee.
| It requires two (sometimes three) small stab incisions through which the surgeon passes a small telescopic camera into the joint to assess the damage and equally small instruments to repair or deal with the problem.
These problems include:
Patients go home the same day with a thick bandage on and an appointment for physiotherapy. There are rarely any stitches to come out and they are reviewed by the surgeon in clinic up to 6 weeks afterwards. |
