Invasive surgical procedure on a joint for damage treatment using an endoscope inserted into the joint through a small incision.
Sports medicine is a field of medicine that is associated with physical fitness and the therapy and prevention of sport-related and exercise-related injuries. In other words, it revolves around the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic activity injuries. The objective of sports medicine is to assist individuals in safe and efficient exercise to attain their objectives of practice. Specialists treat an array of physical complications involving acute trauma such as fractures, sprains, strains, and dislocations as well as chronic overuse injuries. These conditions are mainly treated with arthroscopic surgery.
Arthroscopy is an orthopedic surgery for the visualization, diagnosis, and treatment of any complications within a joint. It is a minimally invasive surgical procedure using an endoscope inserted into the joint through a small incision. A conclusive diagnosis is determined through the arthroscope, as it may be more precise than through open surgery or X-ray examination needed to perform necessary surgery within the joint.