Trauma injuries to the musculoskeletal system are the main area of specialisation of the Arthroscopic Surgery Unit. This means that sportspeople are an important group among the patients attending the Arthroscopic Surgery Unit.
This unit is well-known in the world of top-class sports with patients including, among others, world-class cyclists, footballers, tennis players and basketball players with Doctor Mikel Sánchez being a world-famous specialist, known in particular for his work on knee injuries.
The main need of this group of sportspeople is to recover from their injury as soon as possible. For this reason, the Arthroscopic Surgery Unit allocates significant resources to research new surgical techniques and biological therapies in an aim to reduce patient recovery times.
This type of services is currently not only required by sportspeople but there is also a growing demand from the general public due to the growth of amateur participation in extreme sports such as marathons, triathlons and other types of endurance challenges.