Clearing a blind spot in knee arthroscopy: popliteal bursa.
Each arthroscopic portal to the knee has a blind area that cannot be inspected directly. In particular, visualization of the posterior compartment is difficult to access. Although arthroscopic procedures for the posterior compartment of the knee joint have been developed through posteromedial, posterolateral and posterior trans-septal portal, the popliteal bursa remains as an area that is difficult to access and manipulate. We report a surgical procedure that can examine one of the blind spots in knee arthroscopy, popliteal bursa.
Ahn
Jin-Hwan
JH
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee
Dong-Hoon
DH
Lee
Yong-Seuk
YS
Wang
Joon-Ho
JH
Ha
Hae-Chan
HC
D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*