ISAKOS - International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine ISAKOS - International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine ISAKOS is an international medical society formed by more than 4,000 members. ISAKOS purpose is provide knowledge exchange for surgeons worldwide as most the international medical societies. The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) is composed of orthopedic surgeons from 92 countries. This surgeons belong to regional societies who share the same objectives related to dissemination of education and patient care on sports medicine, arthroscopy and knee surgery. Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint in
Surgery cornea) or to a radiosurgical procedure (e.g. irradiation of a tumor). Surgical procedures are commonly categorized by urgency, type of procedure, body system involved, degree of invasiveness, and special instrumentation. Inpatient surgery is performed in a hospital, and the patient stays at least one night in the hospital after the surgery. Outpatient surgery occurs in a hospital outpatient department or freestanding ambulatory surgery center, and the patient is discharged the same working day. Office surgery occurs in a physician's office, and the patient is discharged the same working day. At a hospital, modern surgery is often performed in an operating