Arthroscopic Surgeries for Sport Injuries

Kuching Specialist Hospital is pioneered with latest arthroscopic suite for treatment of various sports injuries.

Day care Surgeries

We provide arthroscopic treatment for shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle as day case surgeries. Patients are admitted at 8:30 am and were discharged by 7:00pm in the evening provided Day Case Surgeries Protocol is fullfiled Here are the example of day care surgeries:

Knee

One of the most commonly injured parts of the knee, the meniscus is a wedge-like rubbery cushion where the major bones of your leg connect. If you got meniscal tear and your knee becomes painful, stiff or locked, you may need surgical repair or debridement (trim off damaged pieces of cartilage). This can be done as day care surgeries provided the anterior cruciate ligament is intact.

Arthroscopic Meniscus Surgeries

Posterior flap tear of medial meniscus was treated with debridement and partial meniscectomy. Large peripheral tear at posterior horn of meniscus best treated by arthroscopic repair. Arthroscopic meniscus repair using fastfix method.

Click here for information of Meniscal Tear
Click here for protocol of the surgeries
Click here for Meniscus Injuries brochure (Chinese version)
Watch video of Meniscus Surgeries for Meniscus Flap Tear
Watch video of Meniscus Surgeries of Posterior Horn Tear

Arthroscopic debridement for early osteoarthritis and osteochondral injuries can be done as day care.

Arthroscopic microfracture for small osteochondral injuries. Large peripheral tear at posterior horn of meniscus best treated by arthroscopic repair. Arthroscopic meniscus repair using fastfix method.

Video for arthroscopic debribement of osteoarthritis
Click here for article about surgical treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee
Click here for brochure of MACI for advanced cartilage regeneration techique
Click here for video of cartilage transplant using MACI technique
Click here for knee arthroscopy exercise guide

Shoulder

Subacromial decompression for impingement of shoulder

Subacromial decompression involved arthroscopic resection of  the anterior acromium with a burr to treat impingement syndrome of the shoulder.

Click here for rehabilitation protocol (physiotherapy execises) after shoulder subacromial decompression

Drainage of Calcific Tendonitis

Calcific Tendonitis is a severe painful condition of shoulder which occurs suddenly when calcium is deposited to rotator cuff. Arthroscopic drainage procedures dramatic relief.

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SLAPS (Superior Labral Repair)

SLAPS tear or superior labral anterior posterior tear can be repaired with suture anchor.

Ankle

Ankle Arthroscopy Surgeries as Day Case for Chondroplasty and Removal of Loose Bodies

Click here for information about sport injuries of ankle
Click here for management of ankle sprain
Click here for management of Plantar Fasciitis / Heel Spur

Complex Arthroscopic Joint Surgeries

Shoulder

Arthroscopic Bankarts Repair

Patient with recurrent shoulder dislocation can be fixed using keyhole surgeries called Arthroscopic Bankarts Repair . Suture anchor is used to repair and reinforced torn labrum and capsular complex.

Here are the video clips of suture anchor repair of torn labrum :

Mobilisation of torn shoulder labrum at front part of shoulder
Insertion of suture anchor (screws with attached sutures at its head) for repair of the labrum
Tying of the knot through keyhole to repair the torn labral capsular complex
Click here for information of Shoulder Instability

Rotator cuff repair and biceps tendon surgeries

Rotator cuff tear can be happened in 2 groups of patients : Young atheletic group who has the rotator cuff tear through injuries and elderly group who has the cuff torn due to impingement and ischaemia (blood supply problem)Whe the rotator cuff is torn, patient will have weakness of shoulder when they need to raise the shoulder beyond 90 degrees, together with pain on elevation, night pain etc. The problem can be solved by arthroscopic or mini open repair of rotator cuff using suture anchor.

Click here for information about Rotator Cuff Tear
Click here for Arthroscopic Shoulder Repair Using the Smith & Nephew FOOTPRINT PK Suture Anchor

Knee

Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligaments reconstruction

The anterior cruciate ligament is a major stabiliser of the knee joint. It attaches to both the tibia (shin bone) and the femur (thigh bone).  This ligament prevents the femur from sliding abnormally on the tibia during activities such as running, pivoting and managing stairs or inclines.We use Patello Tendon Graft (bone-tendon-bone), Hamstring Graft (quadruple hamstring technique) or fresh frozen patella tendon allograft technique to reconstruct the ligament through arthroscopy (key hole techniques).

Click here for ACL Reconstruction Rehabilitation Protocol
Video clip of ACL Reconstruction - Tensioner
Video clip of ACL Reconstruction - Tibial Tunnel
Video clip of ACL Reconstruction - Graft Harvest
Video clip of ACL Reconstruction - Graft Passsage
Click here form recorded live surgeries of ACL reconstruction