“Fifty years ago, more or less, if an athlete suffered a torn ACL or the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, an injury that had never been diagnosed then, their career would have been over. They would have gone home to try to recover from what might have been termed a severely sprained knee, or maybe open surgery […]

Arthroscopy is a surgical technique developed by a Tokyo doctor, Dr. Masaki Watanabe, in the early 1960s to permit orthopaedic surgery in a relatively non-invasive way. Based on a cystoscope, an instrument used in bladder examinations, the first arthroscope had a tiny camera lens mounted on a flexible tube, which allowed a surgeon to peer […]

Science and technology has made tremendous progress in recent times, but the pace of development of Medical Sciences leaves other disciplines far behind. This science is taking full advantage of the latest scientific inventions and discoveries. Latest diagnostic and therapeutic treatment options are being made available for the common people almost everyday. Notable examples are: […]

If your procedure requires general anesthesia, an anesthesiologist gives you the anesthetic through a vein intravenously or through a mask, from which you inhale the anesthetic as a gas. If a regional anesthetic is used, only a section of your body is numb and you remain conscious.
An orthopedic surgeon specializing in bone, muscle and joint […]

To allow access from all directions placed the patient supine on the operating table with the foot positioned. With thigh held flexed in a well-padded thigh holder, placed the foot of the patient off the edge of the bed. Then a general spinal anesthesia is necessary for full relaxation of the extremity. Through a tiny […]

Arthroscope is one of the very important tools used by orthopedic surgeons to diagnose and operate inside joints. With this development in instrumentation, more ankle joint disorders were treated. Arthroscopy of the subtalar joint for diagnosing and treating subtalar joint abnormalities has also become an accepted method. Arthroscope is a pen-shaped device with a video […]