Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and arthroscopy have frequently been used to evaluate articular cartilage. Many studies have compared the accuracy of MRI to that of arthroscopy. However, there have been no previous comparison studies between MRI and arthroscopy in the evaluation of repaired cartilage after autologous chondrocyte implantation using the Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilag...

The aim of this study was to explore the intensity of post-arthroscopy knee pain during the first 24 hours, and to study the influence of pre-operative pain, tourniquet time and amount of surgical trauma on post-arthroscopy pain. In 78 male patients that underwent elective arthroscopic menisectomy or diagnostic arthroscopy of the knee, preoperative and post-operative pain were registered using ...

Elbow arthroscopy is a tool useful for the treatment of a variety of pathologies about the elbow. The major indications for elbow arthroscopy include débridement for septic elbow arthritis, synovectomy for inflammatory arthritis, débridement for osteoarthritis, loose body extraction, contracture release, treatment of osteochondral defects and selected fractures or instability, and tennis elbow ...

Hip arthroscopy for joint preservation surgery has grown immensely over the last two decades. There is now an increasing trend to try and expand the role of hip arthroscopy to include patients of an older age or perhaps even with signs of arthritis, instead of the established patient group of young adults with mechanical symptoms or serious athletes. But how much of this growth is really justif...

A is an accurate, reliable method for atraumatically examining the interior structure of joints. While there are few rheumatologists who now use the technique of arthroscopy, in most centers referral is made to an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in this technique. This may be more as a result of economic factors than any thing else. The cost of buying and maintaining arthroscopic equipment c...

To the Editor—In the United States, the use of arthroscopy has been increasing since the 1970s. Although infectious complications after arthroscopy appear to be fairly rare (0.01%-0.48% of procedures), significant morbidity and significant costs are associated with the procedure. In Thailand, although arthroscopy has been increasingly performed during the past decade, it has not been incorporat...