It’s a “keyhole” surgery using a pencil-thin camera inserted into the joint through small incisions to visualise the structures inside the joint for diagnosis of joint pathologies. Small specially designed instruments can also be inserted and used for dynamic testing and to treat various pathologies, repair injured tissues etc at the same time.

This depends on the indication. Simple procedures may allow recovery in 2–6 weeks, while major ligament reconstructions can take over 9 months to return to sports. In general, recovery from arthroscopic procedures is much faster than the equivalent open surgery.

Pain is usually much less than open surgery, improves much faster and is easily managed with medications.

Yes— post operative rehabilitation is crucial for regaining motion, strength, and returning to sports following any kind of surgical and non-surgical intervention.

Depends on procedure— minor procedures allow return in a few weeks, ACL reconstruction usually in about 9 months, with proper rehab.

Infection, stiffness, re-tear of repaired tissues, or anaesthesia risks, though complication rates are much lower than equivalent open surgeries. We get a highly magnified view of the structures making placement of bone tunnels and stitches more accurate giving better long term outcomes following post operative precautions and proper rehab minimises risks of ACL graft rupture.