• Int Orthop · Jan 1990

    Outpatient arthroscopy of the knee under local anaesthesia.

    • S Fruensgaard and H V Johannsen.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Horsens Hospital, Denmark.
    • Int Orthop. 1990 Jan 1; 14 (1): 37-40.

    AbstractArthroscopy of the knee was carried out under local anaesthesia in 313 outpatients, with arthroscopic surgery in 81. The procedure had to be abandoned because of apprehension in only 0.9%. With increasing experience, the number of arthroscopic meniscectomies increased from 5% to 64% of the lesions found. The method was particularly valuable in the assessment of patello-femoral pain since dynamic evaluation of patellar alignment, and the localisation of sensitive structures by palpation, was possible. The method is a safe, reliable and inexpensive alternative to the use of spinal or general anaesthesia for arthroscopy.

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