Arthroscopy - for knee

for knee Knee arthroscopy is a procedure in which the doctor examines your knee with an instrument called an arthroscope. An arthroscope is a tube with a light on the end that is inserted in your knee and projects an image of the inside of your knee onto a TV monitor. The arthroscope is about the diameter of a pencil.

Playing By The Same Rules The knee is a hinge joint that bends and straightens the lower leg, permitting a person to sit, stand, and pivot. The knee joint is almost entirely dependent on tendons, ligaments and cartilage for strength and stability,...

`Placebo` Surgery May Relieve Pain Of Arthritic Knees Orthopedic surgeon Bruce Moseley, a clinical associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine, was skeptical about a commonplace operation performed on the painful knees of older patients.