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S: NHS – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/arthroscopy/ (last access: 25 March 2025); CC – https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21801-arthroscopy (last access: 25 March 2025).
N: 1. “surgical procedure for joint problems that involves insertion of a narrow tube in the joint,” by 1977, from “arthro-” + “-scopy”.
2. Arthroscopy
What is an arthroscope?
An arthroscope is a small tube that is inserted into the body. It contains a system of lenses, a small video camera, and a light for viewing. The camera is connected to a monitoring system that lets a surgeon view the surgery while it’s being done. The arthroscope is often used with other tools that are put through another cut or incision. These tools are used for grasping, cutting, and probing.
What is arthroscopy?
Arthroscopy is a procedure used for joint conditions. Originally, arthroscopy was used mainly for planning a standard open surgery. But with new tools and advanced surgical methods, many conditions can also be treated using an arthroscope.
3. Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine); Bones and Joints: arthroscopy.
- Direct inspection of the joint interior for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
4. Arthroscopy (ahr-THROS-kuh-pee) is a procedure that uses a fiber-optic camera to diagnose and treat joint problems. A surgeon inserts a narrow tube attached to a fiber-optic video camera through a small incision — about the size of a buttonhole. The view inside the joint is transmitted to a high-definition video monitor.
Arthroscopy allows the surgeon to see inside the joint without making a large incision. Surgeons can even repair some types of joint damage during arthroscopy, with pencil-thin surgical instruments inserted through additional small incisions.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=arthroscopy (last access: 25 March 2025). 2. URMC – https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content?contenttypeid=85&contentid=P00903 (last access: 25 March 2025). 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=arthroscopy&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 25 March 2025). 4. MAYO – https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/arthroscopy/about/pac-20392974 (last access: 25 March 2025).
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CR: surgery, trauma, traumatology.
