title: [Own experience in arthroscopic surgery of knee injuries].
abstract: The aim of study was presentation of own experiences in arthroscopic surgery of knee joint injuries. The study group comprised 570 patients treated in the years 1993-2002, in which the cause arthroscopy of the knee trauma was performed. Procedure of total or partial meniscectomy was the method of treatment in 270 (47%) patients. Joint ligament reconstruction was made in 69 (12%) injured persons. The diagnostic arthroscopy was performed in 184 (32%) patients. As a small invasive method, it permits decrease costs of medical treatment, begins early rehabilitation and quickly vital reactivation.
authors.affiliation: II Katedra i Klinika Chirurgii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 31-501 Kraków, ul. Kopernika 21.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hładki
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pokrowiecki
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorkowski
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brongel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome