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Sports surgeons operate on patients in hospital settings. Many modern surgeries use cameras to look
inside the patient as they work; doctors here are watching the screen in the background.
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Blackhawks—his specialty is surgery. And for repairing torn
tendons and ligaments, Terry and other sports surgeons rely on
a procedure called arthroscopy.
The process begins with the surgeon making a small
incision
near the injured joint, then moving thin, pencil-shaped
devices into the area. The arthroscope has a light and a tiny