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Knee arthroscopic surgery is a procedure performed through small incisions in the skin to repair injuries to tissues such as ligaments, cartilage, or bone within the knee joint area.
Your doctor might have already diagnosed the condition causing your pain, or they may order the arthroscopy to help find a diagnosis. In either case, an arthroscopy is a useful way for doctors to confirm the source of knee pain and treat the problem. Arthroscopic surgery can diagnose and treat knee injuries, including: 1  torn anterior or posterior cruciate ligaments.  torn meniscus (the cartilage between the bones in the knee)