Not exact matches
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2017 (HealthDay News)-- «Keyhole»
arthroscopic surgery should rarely be used to repair arthritic knee
joints, a panel of international experts says in new clinical guidelines.
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The laparoscope is also used to assist in other types of pet
surgery, such as bladder
surgery to remove stones and in
arthroscopic surgery to confirm the presence of a torn ligament in a pet's
joint.
There may be some advantage to
arthroscopic surgery for these conditions due to the ability to make smaller
joint incisions but the availability of veterinary surgeons with experience working on elbow
joints with
arthroscopic instruments is very limited.
Surgical options include
arthroscopic removal of the cartilage flap through a small incision, or arthrotomy (open
joint)
surgery.
These include
arthroscopic surgery,
joint replacement,
joint repair and
joint fusion, and more treatments are under development all the time.
Some cases are treatable with
arthroscopic surgery, while others require complicated osteotomies, where a surgeon releases the pressure on one or more elbow components to allow the
joint to conform more closely.
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surgery, shoulder
surgery,
arthroscopic surgery, hand
surgery,
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