More than 315 successful surgeries performed

Arthroscopy allows us to treat knee injuries without having to make long cuts in the skin. Instead, we go deep inside your knee with a camera and instruments of a few millimeters diameter which makes tissue damage minimal. For all this and the excellent results we see, knee arthroscopy has almost completely replaced other forms of knee surgery.

Learn what's going on on your knee

Information about the illness or injury on your knee is somewhat essential to be able to treat any patient. In our office, we have had many patients with pain on the knee whose injury could not be seen by means of an MRI and which cause was not revealed until we did an arthroscopy. One of the benefits of arthroscopy is that we get visual and tactile access to know exactly what is happening with your knee. The amount of information we obtain from your injury through arthroscopy is much greater than we can obtain with an MRI.

With arthroscopy, we can evaluate much more directly the state of your meniscus, cartilage, and ligaments in your knee. In fact, arthroscopy is truly efficient because we can see in a lot of detail what is happening within your knee and in the same surgery we can do something about it, to fix it.

Fixing meniscus tears

Meniscus injuries are the most common in athletes. We have extensive experience performing arthroscopies to repair damaged menisci which cause pain to our patients. It's important to mention that not all cases of torn menisci are solved by means of arthroscopy. Some cases require another type of procedural. However when it is feasible, -and in many cases it is- arthroscopy is an excellent solution to repair torn menisci.

Treating ligament injuries

Arthroscopy has in recent years replaced open surgery to treat most cases of injuries and/or tears in ligaments. Many injuries in cruciate ligament athletes, anterior, posterior as well as how the medial collateral ligament are successfully treated by knee arthroscopy. One of the most common knee injuries is the so-called ACL or tear of the Anterior cruciate ligament. In Dr. Lopez's office Valerio we have successfully operated hundreds of patients with that and other ligament injuries using the knee arthroscopy. We have many testimonials, Reach out to us and learn more.

How much does a knee arthroscopy with M.D. Lopez Valerio cost?

The cost varies depending on the complexity of the arthroscopy, (there are different kinds of arthroscopy) but the most simple arthroscopy, which is quite frequently needed, is around USD $3100

What knee injuries can be treated with arthroscopy?

In our medical practice in Monterrey we have treated the following arthroscopic knee injuries:

Meniscus Injury/tear
Anterior cruciate ligament injury/tear
Posterior cruciate ligament injury/tear
Medial collateral ligament injury/tear
Torn knee cartilage
Worn knee cartilage
Knee sprain (torn ligament)
A luxating patella sometimes called trick knee

Not always all of these knee injuries are suitable to be treated with arthroscopy. There are cases where it is better to do another type of surgery.