A 'second look' arthroscopy is when a patient is pro-actively booked to have an arthroscopy just to check up on a previous surgical procedure.
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FORUM DISCUSSIONS
Persistent pain and effusion 12 weeks after 2nd ACI
7 mos post-op pain caused by scar tissue?
CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS
Second-look arthroscopy after meniscal repair. Review of 132 menisci repaired by an arthroscopic inside-out technique. Horibe S, Shino K, Nakata K, Maeda A, Nakamura N and Matsumoto N. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1995 Mar;77(2):245-9.