Endoscopic Camera System Tower with Insufflator
Location – Operating Room
Orthopaedic surgeons at Eagle Ridge use endoscopic instrumentation, implants, fixation and tissue repair systems for diagnostic purposes, minor surgeries and complex reconstructions of knees, shoulders and small joints such as the wrist and ankle.
An endoscopic camera system usually includes a camera and lens, a fibre optic cable, a light source and an HD monitor. The cable casing that houses the fibre optic cable can also accommodate attachments including surgical instruments.
The orthopaedic surgeon utilizes both conventional surgical procedures to perform joint replacements, for example, on hips and knees. More and more, orthopaedic surgery favours arthroscopy for examination and treatment of damage to the interior of a joint including torn floating cartilage, torn surface cartilage, ACL reconstruction, and trimming damaged cartilage. This is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which an arthroscope, a type of endoscope is inserted into the joint through a small incision.
The advantage of arthroscopy over traditional open surgery is that the joint does not have to be opened up fully. This reduces recovery time and may increase the rate of surgical success due to less trauma to the connective tissue.
Arthroscopic procedures to the knee, for example, may require insufflation in which a pump called an insufflator is used to blow CO2 into the joint cavity to open the space within by separating layers of tissue in order to view, observe and perform arthroscopies like smoothing the rough surfaces created by arthritis.
While the surgeon uses the monitor to observe the interior of a joint and to see what he is doing as he performs an arthroscopic procedure within the joint, the image can also be sent to a recording device enabling the creation of a permanent record of the procedure.
Cost $65,000
Note: The photograph is used for illustrative purposes only. The equipment purchased may be of a different make and model.
