Original Article: PDF OnlyThe Scope of ArthroscopyJACKSON, ROBERT W. M.D., M.S. (TOR.), F.R.C.S.(C)*Author Information * Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto, Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research: July 1986 - Volume 208 - Issue - p 69-71 Free Abstract Arthroscopic surgery is an established technique and is frequently done as an out-patient procedure. The technique requires two or three portals of entry into the joint with visual triangulation of operating instruments towards the area of pathology. Increased diagnostic accuracy, definitive endoscopic treatment, and minimal morbidity are major advances derived from arthroscopy. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
