Shoulder Arthroscopy
Minimally invasive keyhole surgery using a small HD camera inserted through tiny portals — diagnosing and treating rotator cuff tears, labral injuries, impingement, and shoulder instability.
What is Shoulder Arthroscopy?
Shoulder arthroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure in which a small camera (arthroscope) and specialised instruments are introduced into the shoulder joint through 2–3 small incisions (portals), providing magnified HD visualisation of all internal structures — rotator cuff, labrum, articular cartilage, biceps tendon, and joint capsule — and allowing simultaneous therapeutic treatment. Shoulder arthroscopy has largely replaced open shoulder surgery for most conditions, offering equivalent or superior outcomes with significantly less post-operative pain, smaller scars, and faster recovery. Dr. Satish performs the full range of shoulder arthroscopic procedures at specialist facilities in Hyderabad.
How the Procedure Works
Positioning & Portal Placement
Patient positioned in beach chair or lateral decubitus; 2–3 portals are made at anatomically defined locations for the arthroscope and instruments.
Systematic Joint Inspection
The entire shoulder is inspected — subacromial space, glenohumeral joint, rotator cuff, labrum, cartilage, and biceps tendon.
Subacromial Work
Inflamed bursa and bone spurs are removed; acromioplasty performed if required — decompressing the rotator cuff.
Glenohumeral Repair
Labral tears are repaired with suture anchors; rotator cuff repairs are performed; biceps tenotomy or tenodesis as indicated.
Recovery
Arm in a sling post-op; physiotherapy begins week 1. Return to daily activities in 1–2 weeks; sport at 3–6 months.
Outcomes
Who Needs This Treatment?
- →No large incisions — only 2–3 portals of 5–10 mm
- →Simultaneous diagnosis and treatment in one procedure
- →Same-day or next-day discharge for most procedures
- →Significantly less post-operative pain than open shoulder surgery
- →HD magnification — better visualisation than open surgery
- →Suitable for multiple shoulder conditions in one anaesthetic
"Shoulder arthroscopy allows us to see the entire shoulder from the inside in extraordinary detail — and treat whatever we find in the same sitting. The precision of arthroscopic repair, combined with the minimal disruption to the shoulder, is what makes it such an outstanding approach."
— Dr. Satish Reddy Gandavarapu, Senior Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon, Lux Hospitals, Hyderabad
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