Abstract
We reviewed the results of arthroscopic examination with or without arthroscopic surgery in 14 patients with painful wrist disorders. The condition followed traumatic Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injury in 6 patients, Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2 patients, Kienböck disease in 2 patients, ulnocarpal abutment syndrome in 2 patients, calcified arthritis with pseudoarthrosis of the scaphoid bone in one patient, and 6th compartment syndrome in one patient. There were 7 males and 7 females. The average age of the patients was 39.2 years (rang: 12-66 years). The average follow-up period was 10.1 months (range: 2-46 months). Class 1A type of TFCC injury was the best indication for arthroscopic resection. We believe that for successful arthroscopic synovectomy in RA wrist, the double approach (dorsal and volar approach) procedure is the best approach. The arthroscopic examination was useful for evaluation of the articular lesion in abutment syndrome and Kienböck disease. In addition, sixth compartment syndrome would be excluded arthroscopically from the other wrist disorders with intra-articular lesion.
