Too much generalisation (and too much pressure on services) may be preventing your keyhole knee surgery. Here’s why.

Arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) can be the ideal way for your knee specialist for Scarborough to repair your knee injury. Risks are low, recovery is fast and scarring is minimised.

Yet recently, our orthopaedic surgeons have seen Scarborough hospitals restrict knee surgery of all types (including keyhole surgery), while private insurers have removed funding for keyhole surgery in some instances.

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Knee surgery in Scarborough on the NHS

The NHS will continue to fund keyhole surgery and other knee treatments (such as knee replacements), but as such procedures are given lower priority than acute conditions, waiting lists can be very long – particularly during winter.

Health insurance and your keyhole knee surgery in Scarborough

To avoid lengthy waits, you may prefer to turn to your private health insurer. Insurers are continuing to fund keyhole knee surgery in a number of instances, but for some conditions – for example, arthritis – funding is being cut.

Generally speaking, that makes sense. Keyhole surgery in cases of severe arthritis is likely to have little (if any) benefit. Yet it would be dangerous to overgeneralise.

Keyhole surgery can’t ‘fix’ arthritis. But it can make a difference in cases of mild to moderate arthritis, in the case of cartilage tears, or where mechanical issues (locking or catching sensations) require the removal of a loose piece of bone.

Private treatment with Yorkshire Knee Clinic

Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s knee surgeons for Scarborough would argue that each patient needs to be assessed before we can make a decision that keyhole surgery doesn’t have a role to play in aiding arthritis.

Therefore, if your insurer continues to fund such procedures, talk to the knee consultants of Yorkshire Knee Clinic about whether keyhole surgery could benefit you – before the funding disappears.

For expert treatment, contact the knee specialists for Scarborough. Call Yorkshire Knee Clinic on 03453 052 579.