Treatment of osteochondral defects of the knee

Abstract

Arthroscopy is a surgical technique to treat intra-articular lesions that uses minimal incisions and allows that patients have a prompt recovery with few complications, since the intervention is not very aggressive and uses a sophisticated system of micro-optics and micro instrumentation. Hence, arthroscopy became an elective technique for treating intra-articular lesions and is a very important procedure in orthopedics. There have been several advances in arthroscopy, in the design and improvement of equipment, and in the development of techniques, evolving from joint visualization to merely diagnostic purposes to surgical procedures. The present article approaches arthroscopy explaining the different therapeutic possibilities, using this technique to treat osteochondral diseases of the knee.

Keywords

• Arthroscopy
• Knee joint/patholgy
• Cartilage
• articular/pathology