Sentences with phrase «as arthroscopic surgery»

Now a new study suggests that a type of minimally invasive knee procedure, known as arthroscopic surgery, is essentially useless for many with knee arthritis.

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By now, Smits — who also had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and bone chips removed from his left ankle as a player — sounds remarkably dispassionate about the medley of plates, screws and bone grafts holding his body together.

During his playing days he was widely respected as one of those rare, versatile players who could drive in runs, hit for average, steal bases, field flawlessly, and on occasion perform arthroscopic surgery on the odd ailing teammate.

The institute's physicians are experts in services such as adult reconstructive surgery, hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, arthroscopic surgery, pediatric orthopedics, treatment for spinal conditions, sports medicine, complete management of simple and complex fractures, incomplete bone healing, bone deformities and bone infections, and bone and soft tissue tumors.

Arthroscopic surgery is used as a way station on the road to total knee replacement.

Back then, when prospective annual sales were off by a few hundred thousand units — let alone 700,000 — headlines would scream, analysts would predict the end of civilization as we know it and automakers would knee - jerk so hard they required arthroscopic surgery.

Not so long ago, when prospective annual sales were off by a few hundred thousand units — let alone 700,000 — headlines would scream, analysts would predict the end of civilization as we know it and automakers would knee - jerk so hard they required arthroscopic surgery.

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.