ducting arthroscopic procedures that let physicians examine, treat
and even reconstruct joints in a minimally invasive manner. This often
leaves patients with rapid recovery times — and outpatient facilities
with the ability to do many cases. Perhaps more than any other form
of surgery, arthroscopy requires you to stay up-to-date on the latest
products and technologies that are shaping an ever-changing field.
With that goal, here are 5 advances that have made arthroscopy more
safe, effective and efficient in recent years.
1
High-def imaging
By now, surgical facility leaders are starting to see the many bene-
fits of the quality afforded to them through 4K imaging. While stan-
dard high-definition no doubt offers quality imaging, there's a major
difference when you make the leap to 4K. You can identify pathology,
get specific measurements, treat conditions and perform arthroscopic
surgery with greater clarity with the aid of 4K. With this technology,
it's the subtle differences in
neighboring anatomy that can
have a major impact on the sur-
gery you're performing.
The better the image, the easi-
er it is for me to see and treat a
patient. If I don't have to dis-
cern where a cartilage defect
begins or ends or where the
anatomical landmark is for a lig-
ament I'm reconstructing, I can
operate much more efficiently
— and expediently. The new
arthroscopic imaging systems
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