[Advantages of arthroscopy in a military setting]

The military setting does not leave room for the diagnostic evaluation of intra-articular injuries and long-term postoperative rehabilitation. In this sense, diagnostic and surgical arthroscopy has an irreplaceable value. The authors present six patients, members of the Ministry of the Interior and the National Guard, with the knee injuries sustained under battle conditions who were treated successfully with diagnostic and surgical arthroscopy. With arthroscopic equipment, already owned by many orthopedic and trauma institutions in Croatia, arthroscopy (diagnostic and surgical) is safe and cost effective procedure, what is a further advantage of this method, both in peace- and in wartime.