If you or someone you know is preparing for ACL repair surgery, it’s understandable to feel a mix of emotions—from nervousness to just wanting to get back on your feet and return to your daily activities or sports. ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injuries are common among athletes but can happen to anyone. The road to recovery starts…
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery in North Dakota
What to Expect Before Arthroscopic Knee Surgery: Preparation and Planning
Arthroscopic knee surgery is a minimally invasive surgical procedure performed to diagnose and treat knee conditions. The doctor uses a special tool with a small camera to visualize the knee joint and make repairs to restore function and relieve knee pain. If you’re scheduled for arthroscopic knee surgery, your orthopedic care team can help you prepare…
Knee Surgery for Athletes: Getting Back in the Game Safely
Knee injuries are among the most common injuries that can happen to athletes. Given that the knee is a weight-bearing joint that allows for a wide range of physical movements, strong and stable knees are critical for optimal athletic performance. When an athlete experiences a knee injury, the first question is always, “When can I…
How to Prepare for Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
Arthroscopic knee surgery involves the use of highly advanced techniques for repairing the inner structures of the knee that have sustained a severe injury. It can be used to diagnose and repair damaged ligaments and cartilage, fix fractures, or remove inflamed synovial tissue. The surgery has a high success rate in achieving the goals of…
How to Choose the Right Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Procedure
Knee arthroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure to diagnose and treat a wide range of knee conditions and injuries. Thousands of people in the United States undergo this procedure every year to alleviate knee pain, reduce inflammation, and increase knee mobility. However, with so many knee arthroscopic surgery options available, it can be challenging to…
When Is Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Recommended?
Knee injuries and conditions cause a great deal of pain. Knee pain, accompanied by knee stiffness and loss of mobility, can make even simple activities challenging. While most of the time, knee pain gets better with conservative measures, other times when knee pain fails to improve the conservative measures, knee arthroscopy is recommended. Let’s learn…
How Does Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Work?
Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure in which your surgeon makes a small incision and inserts a tube-like device with a tiny camera attached to one end (called an arthroscope). Arthroscopes allow orthopedic surgeons to view the inside of the joint on the screen and eliminate the joint problem using tiny instruments.Additionally, orthopedic surgeons may also…
What is a Knee Arthroscopy?
Gone are the days when you had to undergo a knife to have your orthopedic doctor pinpoint the underlying cause of your joint problem and/or treat it. Thanks to advances in orthopedic surgery, orthopedic surgeons can now makeone or two small incisions and use a device calledan arthroscopeto diagnosea wide range of joint problems and…
Benefits of Knee Surgery
Even though scary, knee surgery can provide you with relief from a myriad of symptoms that interfere with your daily routine tasks and for which nonsurgical treatments are not enough. Many things can warrant knee surgery, including osteoarthritis of the knees, gradual wear and tear of the knee joint, knee disease, and trauma to the…
What You Need to Know About Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
Not long ago, people used to be afraid of getting under the knife, primarily because of the large incisions made during open surgery. Thanks to the advancement in technology, it’s now possible to have a surgical procedure done by making tiny incisions of one to two inches. This is named arthroscopy – a minimally invasive…