Arthroscopy of the Knee Joint

General.- 1 Historical Review.- 2 Instruments and Equipment.- 3 How to Learn Arthroscopy.- 4 Documentation of Arthroscopic Investigation.- 5 Indications for Arthroscopy.- 6 Preparation of the Patient for Arthroscopy.- 7 Theater Nurse's Preparations for Arthroscopy.- 8 Care of Equipment.- 9 Anesthesia for Arthroscopy.- 10 Approaches to the Knee Joint.- 11 Examination Using Fluid or Gas Media.- 12 Anatomic Considerations.- 13 Arthroscopic Procedure.- 14 Pathologic Changes in the Joint Cavity.- 15 Assessment and Appraisal of Problematic Internal Traumatic Lesions.- Arthroscopic Operations.- 16 Conditions for Operative Arthroscopy.- 17 Removal of Loose Bodies.- 18 Arthroscopic Meniscus Operations.- 19 Technique of Arthroscopic Medial Meniscus Operations.- 20 Technique of Arthroscopic Lateral Meniscus Operations.- 21 Procedures on the Articular Cartilage.- 22 Other Arthroscopic Operations.- 23 Completion of Operation and Aftertreatment.- 24 Complications, Problems, and Hazards of Operative Arthroscopy.- 25 Practice of Operative Arthroscopy.- 26 Arthroscopic Operations with Gas Filling of the Knee Joint.- 27 Miniarthrotomy under Local Anesthesia.- 28 Perspectives.- References.