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By Mayo Clinic staffDoctors use arthroscopy to help diagnose and treat a variety of joint conditions — most commonly those affecting the knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, hip and wrist — in people of all ages.
In diagnosis, arthroscopy is the definitive examination, typically performed after X-rays and other imaging studies have left some diagnostic questions unanswered. Often, arthroscopy is also used to assess the results of earlier joint surgery, or to supplement some types of standard ("open") orthopedic surgery.
Conditions treated with arthroscopy include:
- Bone spurs or loose bone fragments
- Damaged or torn cartilage
- Inflamed joint linings
- Joint infections
- Torn ligaments
- Scarring or tissue overgrowth within joints
