arthroscope


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a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination

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Based on the product type, the global arthroscopy device market can be segmented into arthroscopic implants, arthroscopes, and arthroscopy instruments & accessories.
(19) in 1988, and the first reported introduction of a modified arthroscope into the intervertebral disc space was reported by Forst and Hausman in 1983.
Orthopedic department is fully equipped and has state of the art remote control hydraulic orthopedic surgery tables, Arthroscope Machines and two Image Intensifier machines.
Woodward Jr., "The use of the arthroscope as an adjunct in the resection of a chondroblastoma of the femoral head," Arthroscopy, vol.
This portal allows passage of the arthroscope or instruments between the posteromedial and posterolateral compartments and provides a large working space and broader field of view for better instrument maneuverability in the posterior aspect of the knee.
The team needed to borrow a 70 degree arthroscope, to use when reconstructing the PCL.
About 30 years ago, when I was working in England, a few eccentric orthopaedic surgeons were trying to look inside the knee joint with a clumsy-looking device that is now called Arthroscope. Nurses hated them because they took 10 times longer than open surgery; operation, or OT, cleaners hated them because on completion of the surgery the OT was flooded with water and they needed swimming trunks to clean the mess.
We conducted a retrospective medical record cohort analysis of all ACL reconstruction surgeries in the Arthroplasty and Sports Arthroscope Unit of the Orthopedics Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between February and December 2014.
Arthroscopy--which is commonly utilized for the shoulder and knee joints--is performed through keyhole surgery, during which an instrument called an arthroscope is introduced into the problem joint via a small incision.
Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage is performed using an arthroscope, an endoscope that is inserted into the joint through a small incision.
The equipment used for cavity inspection included a flexible colonoscope with a diameter of 10mm and angles up to 180[degrees] (Karl Storz, Germany), a 10mm and 0[degrees] laparoscope (Karl Storz, Germany), and a 4mm and 30[degrees] arthroscope (Karl Storz, Germany); all were coupled to a laparoscopic unit composed by a LED monitor, a microcam and a xenon light source (Telepack[R], Karl Storz, Germany).
Firstly, we created a space where the arthroscope was to enter.
An arthroscope with a protecting sheath was inserted, and the hip joint was examined.