[Significance of arthroscopy at the Orthopedic Department of a county hospital]

Author reports on the 300 arthroscopic examinations and operations performed in the Orthopaedic Department of the Salgótarján County Hospital. He states that in possession of instruments they have now a diagnostic possibility, more sure and informative than all possibilities before. This gives, according to their practical experience, the freedom of operation without arthrotomy too. It is stressed that the modern orthopaedic care by now requires regular arthroscopic activity on the level of county hospitals in this country.