Arthroscopic

Thirty years ago, many of the modern minimally invasive surgery techniques had yet to become common place in the operating room. When I was an intern in General Surgery in 1986, we were still doing gallbladder removals by cutting large open incisions beneath the rib cage on the right side – a very painful approach, to say the least. Now, the use of small TV cameras has become commonplace and used to treat many medical and surgical disorders revolutionizing the world of medicine. Everyone … [Read more...] about Defining Arthroscopic, Laparoscopic, Endoscopic