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Knee arthroscopy
Position and Draping
Anesthesia
GA/SA
Position
Supine
Draping
1.Sterile drape (餐巾) for disinfection
2.Extremity drape/ACL Drape
3.Crepe for torniquet
Procedure
Procedure
1.On tourniquet
2.Create arthroscopy portal with surgical blade 11
3.Crile’s artery forceps (straight) to dissect the wound
4.Insert cannula with obturator and connect arthroscope, irrigation set, shaver handpiece, FOB and endocamera accordingly
5.Perform necessary shaving and image capturing accordingly
6.+/- repair meniscus
Wound closing
Ethilon 3/O
Cosmopore (S)
Plain gauze
Velband and crepe bandage
Instrument and Consumable
Indication:
Operative arthroscopy: intra-articular abnormality or ligamentous injury e.g. synovial biopsies, removal of loose bodies, resection of plicae, partial meniscectomy, meniscus repair and ACL/PCL reconstruction
Diagnostic arthroscopy