Arthroscopy Procedures in Michigan

Fast Recovery Times With Arthroscopy

As a diagnostic tool as well as a treatment method, arthroscopy is a popular choice among patients. Quick and minimally invasive, patients who’ve experienced positive results of arthroscopy can resume normal activities in just a few days.

Doctors at The Family Practice & Orthopedic Care Center, PC perform arthroscopy by making a small incision through the skin and inserting an arthroscope, a small camera with lighting capabilities and incredible flexibility, into the knee joint to look for problems and make comprehensive repairs to the joint. Arthroscopy is recommended for treating conditions such as:

• Torn floating cartilage
• Torn surface cartilage
• Trimming damaged cartilage
• ACL reconstruction

Minimally invasive by nature, arthroscopy allows you to get back to your normal lifestyle quickly. Patients usually return to work in less than a week. Athletes may be sidelined only 5 or 6 days before returning to competition. Call us in Coldwater, MI or Hillsdale, MI for availability for emergency or same-day appointments or request a call back today.

When Should Arthroscopy Be Considered?

• A persistent sense of giving way (due to ACL injury)
• Clinical and/or radiological suspicion of loose body
• Persistent pain with no definite cause (early OA)
• Recurrent anterior knee pain (sub-patellar problem)
• Repeated episodes of locking (meniscal tear)
• Stiff knee with intraarticular etiology (formation of a fibrous band into the joint)
• Synovitis or synovial thickening (Inflammation of the joint line)
• Unexplained/repeated effusion (for diagnosis)

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