Arthroscopy: an initial experience

ABSTRACT

Diagnostic arthroscopy is a useful adjunct to clinical and radiological examinations in assessing internal derangements of the knee. This series of fifty cases shows an average diagnostic accuracy of approximately 90-92 percent. This accuracy varied from 85 percent in the early stages to 98 percent in the later cases. We have found this procedure to be of significant value in assessing acute sports injuries of the knee joint, allowing early treatment and full rehabilitation of the athletes. (AU)