Abstract
To avoid the occurrence of osteoarthrosis, recent practice requires accurate and exact reduction of the intra-articular fractured distal end of the radius.
In conventional reduction techniques, this is done under x-ray or open reduction. However, there have been cases in which conventional techniques were not enough to obtain necessary information for reduction of the fractured parts.
Our team has been experimenting with the introduction of arthroscopy as means of assistance in treating such fractures. This report will discuss this technique together with study cases. The subjects are eight hand joints on which we have performed reduction fixation with the assistance of arthroscopy over the past three years. The types of fractures are; four Chauffers and four Colleses.
The results were satisfactory, especially in the cases involving minor depression of the surface of joints or minor comminution to the damage of the direct examination of the fractured part, enabling maximum reduction to the damage of joint capsules and ligament structures.
