Arthroscopy

Arthroscopy is a novel technique in small animal surgery which allows surgeons to examine and treat diseased joints via key hole surgery. This technique is significantly less invasive than traditional joint surgery. Arthroscopic examination and surgery has the potential to result in less post operative pain for patients and it potentially allows for more rapid recoveries.

Arthroscopy is routinely performed for the diagnosis and management of many types of joint disease including cranial cruciate ligament disease of the stifle joint and for fragmentation of the coronoid process of the ulna, a condition that occurs in the syndrome of elbow dysplasia

1. Arthroscopic surgery of the elbow joint

2. Arthroscopic radiofrequency soft tissue shrinkage for the management of shoulder joint instability

3. Arthroscopic radiofrequency ablation of soft tissue to improve visual field

4. Arthroscopic view of an osteoarthritic stifle joint with cranial cruciate ligament disease

5. Thermal ablation of diseased tissue in the stifle joint