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By Mayo Clinic staffDoctors use arthroscopy to help diagnose and treat a variety of joint conditions, most commonly those affecting the:
- Knee
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Ankle
- Hip
- Wrist
Diagnostic procedures
Doctors often turn to arthroscopy if X-rays and other imaging studies have left some diagnostic questions unanswered.
Surgical procedures
Conditions treated with arthroscopy include:
- Bone spurs or loose bone fragments
- Damaged or torn cartilage
- Inflamed joint linings
- Joint infections
- Torn ligaments and tendons
- Scarring or tissue overgrowth within joints
- What is arthroscopy? American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. http://www.orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00109. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
- Azar FM. General principles of arthroscopy. In: Canale ST, et al. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier: 2007. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/184993470-3/956990704/1584/355.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-323-03329-9..50050-7_2530. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
- Knee arthroscopy. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00299. Accessed 2/22/2010.
- Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center. Care following lower extremity arthroscopy. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2009.
- Stuart MJ (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. March 1, 2010.
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