Surgery is often considered a last resort for amateur sports players, but can be a fairly common treatment among professional and elite athletes. Surgery is most often used after a serious injury or as a result of persistent symptoms that have not been relieved by other treatments. Common surgical procedures in sports include repairs to damaged cartilage and ligaments in the knee (especially cruciate ligament tears), shoulder AC injuries, dislocations, and tendinitis. Surgery can usually be used to repair damaged soft tissue, realign bones, and reposition joints. Some procedures will be relatively simple and may not take long, while more serious and complex injuries will take longer and may need to be performed under anesthesia. Many sports injuries today are treated with a keyhole; this involves the surgeon using a small camera to guide them rather than making a large incision and performing an open procedure; this type of surgery is particularly common for knee injuries (this is also known as arthroscopy).
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