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My mom is undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery next week. what happens in that kind of surgery?
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Arthroscopic surgery: Two or three small incisions are made. A small fiber optic camera is inserted in the knee with small instruments. The damage in the knee is then corrected. The surgery is usually under one hour.
Answered 3/26/2013
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