Arthroscopy is useful in evaluating and treating the following conditions: 1  Torn floating cartilage (meniscus): The cartilage is trimmed to a stable rim or occasionally repaired. 2  Torn surface (articular) cartilage.  Removal of loose bodies (cartilage or bone that has broken off) and cysts.
Florida is made up mostly of a large peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. The northwest part of the state is a panhandle (a narrow strip of land that sticks out like the handle of a pan). Islands called the Florida Keys extend from Biscayne Bay into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Florida Keys are an island archipelago extending from the southeastern tip of the United States' state of Florida. They begin about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami and extend out toward the southwest and then west toward the Gulf of Mexico and the uninhabited Dry Tortugas islands.