Policlínica Gipuzkoa inaugurates its health classrooms with the latest advances in Arthroscopy of knee, shoulder and hip.

Donostia-San Sebastián, February 2012. Policlínica Gipuzkoa inaugurates a new edition of their classrooms of health, comprising a series of seven conferences involving specialists in this health centre in order to move citizens recent advances and recommendations in different areas of medicine.

The first talk is held today at 7.30 hours in sala Kutxa of Andía Street, in San Sebastian, and will address the latest advances of the technical Arthroscopic Knee, shoulder and hip, in charge of the traumatologists of Policlínica Gipuzkoa, Ricardo Cuéllar and John Ponte. Both experts are specialized in technical leading edge in treating medical, orthopedic, surgical and Arthroscopic of different areas of specialty.

According to explain Arthroscopy is a way to perform a surgery in a less aggressive manner. Currently, for the treatment of many diseases of knee, no one raises perform open surgery. You can be considered a consolidated progress ”. Although the shoulder today is day practically at the same level, the traumatologists Ricardo Cuéllar and John Ponte manifest that still open surgery in some cases, while the number of interventions is diminishing as they advance the technical Arthroscopic continues. Joint third in number of interventions, ventured to be hip; the first steps are underway. In the rest of wrist, elbow or ankle joints, the number of possible surgical indications is less ”.

The main advantage of this technique, according to experts, is that to do the surgery for small incisions, is do not damage soft tissues as it does to perform open surgery. This means less time of hospital admission, a smaller number of post-operatorias complications and therefore the period of recovery after surgery is shorter and less painful ”.

Technical leading edge

According to detailed traumatologists Ricardo Cuéllar and John Ponte, through Arthroscopy techniques that seek to delay the placement of prosthesis, especially in younger patients can be ”.

By joints, notably the hip Arthroscopy to deal with the fémoro acetabular clash, a pathology that affects the hip of young adult and whose early treatment may prevent the progression of osteoarthritis.

World injuries of the knee, they address the crossed ligament reconstruction, treatment of injury of cartilage with cell cultures to regenerate it as well as condorcitos, cells able to recover the destruction of an area of cartilage implants. Also try the meniscales sutures, the implant of artificial meniscus and meniscal – placement of the meniscus retrieved from tissue from donor Bank – transplant techniques that few teams perform in Spain and that attendees will have the opportunity to meet.

With regard to pathologies of shoulder, will be presented treatment Arthroscopic injuries complex as the SLAP, recurrent dislocation and rotator cuff ruptures; In addition to other techniques of Arthroscopic and open joint surgery such as tendon transfers.

In the field of biological treatments, experts underline the infiltrations joints with hyaluronic acid in large and small joints as well as therapy with growth factors of plasma (PRGFs) for the treatment of some cases of osteoarthritis in initial stages as well as some muscle, ligamentosas injuries and soft tissue in selected patients.