Arthroscopy
Arthroscopy
It is a surgical procedure that perpetrate small incision to visualize, diagnose, and treat problems inside a joint. An Arthroscopic instrument resembling a pencil containing a lens and lighting system is inserted to magnify and illuminate the structures inside the joint. Recurring examinations using Arthroscope include knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, hip, and wrist.
Our Chief Joint Replacement Surgeon Dr. Ramana Murthy. T, possess a Fellowship in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopic surgery from Virchow University, Berlin, Germany is known for introducing the computer navigated Key-hole surgeries in North Andhra Pradesh.
Diagnosing joint injuries and disease tackled with a thorough study of medical history, physical examination, imaging X-rays, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) as per requirement.
Some of the most frequent conditions found during arthroscopic examinations of joints are: Inflammation, Acute or Chronic Injury of Shoulder: tear of rotator cuff tendon, dislocations, impingement, Knee: Meniscal (cartilage) tears, chondromalacia and anterior cruciate ligament tears, wrist, loose bodies of bone and/or cartilage of elbow and ankle.
Some common procedures we foresee include: