Ligament Reconstruction - Ligaments are tough, non-stretchable fibers that hold your bones together. When they are torn or injured they do not heal on their own. This surgery requires a graft, either taken from the paitent or from donor tissue. Bioabsorbable screws are used to hold the graft in place and disappear or are absorbed within 2 to 3 years. The most common injury is to the cruciate ligament behind the knee. This ligament gives stability to the knee and can be injured relatively easily – sometimes a quick turn in the opposite direction is enough to tear the ligament.

Arthroscopy - The arthroscope is a pencil-sized instrument with a small lens attached to a miniature camera and lighting system. This allows the joint structures to be magnified and illuminated and while this technique as initially used as a diagnostic tool only, advances in the field enabled the instrument to be used to repair and correct problems. It is now commonly used to treat such conditions as:

• rotator cuff procedure
• release of carpal tunnel
• repair or resection of torn cartilage (meniscus) from knee or shoulder
• reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament in knee
• removal of inflamed lining (synovium) in knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle
• removal of loose bone or cartilage in knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, or wrist
• repair of torn ligaments