Orthopedics

Arthroscopy is a method that provides diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries occurring inside the joint by visual examination of the inside of the joints using fiberoptic devices. Arthroscopy is performed through a few small skin incisions and causes very little scarring and pain, but recovery is faster than with open surgery. The surgery takes about 1 hour and the patient is discharged a few hours after surgery. After surgery, the patient can step on his/her foot and drive a car after 3 days. The suture does not need to be removed as it is disposed of with fusible material. From professional athletes to housewives; knee-shoulder-shoulder-hand and ankle arthroscopies, ligament-cartilage-meniscus-tendon operations, cartilage transplants are successfully performed using modern surgical techniques.

Sport is an endeavor that increases the body’s organic resistance, improves the physiological capacity of the systems, protects and maintains this capacity. However, insufficient preparation before starting sports can lead to injuries. The knee joint ranked first with 32.9% among the regions exposed to sportive trauma. After the knee joint, the most common injuries during sports are seen in the ankle, hip and groin area, shoulder joint, foot thigh area, spine elbow joint, wrist and hand. Emergency diagnosis and treatment of all sports injuries are performed in the Department of Sports Traumatology.

Knees are subjected to the highest loads compared to other joints. Lack of preparation before starting sports and overstraining the knees during sports cause damage to the cartilage tissue, tear in the meniscus, rupture in the ligaments and disrupt the health of the knee. Injuries of structures such as meniscus, anterior cruciate ligament, articular cartilage, capsule in the knee joint, intra-articular inflammation called septic arthritis, synovitis, thickening of the joint membrane, moderate knee joint calcification, intra-articular fractures are treated with arthroscopic surgery.