Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience

Volume: 30 Number: 5 September 11, 2006
  • Serdar Tuzuner
  • Hakan Ozdemir
  • Semih Gur
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Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience

Abstract

Wrist arthroscopy can facilitate early definitive diagnosis of soft tissue, carpal bone cartilage, the triangular fibrocartilage complex and carpal ligaments injuries. Many such injuries can be treated successfully with minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques, reducing the morbidity associated with surgical exposure and permitting earlier return to work. Between November 1991 and May 1996 19 wrist arthroscopies were performed in the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Akdeniz, School of Medicine. The indications were evaluation of chronic wrist pain, confirmation of wrist arthrography, aiding to reduction of distal radius fracture, and examination of articular surfaces of the radiocarpal joint for planning further surgery. The standard arthroscopy ports were used such as the portal III, IV and the radial midcarpal portal. One patient had grade III cartilaginous lesions, two had scapholunate ligament damages and two patients had TFCC tears otherwise not diagnose. In 14 of these 19 patients the arthroscopic finding was of major influence on further therapy. We conclude that wrist arthroscopy is a powerful tool in diagnosing intraarticular lesions and in planning further wrist joint treatment.

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Serdar Tuzuner This is me

Hakan Ozdemir This is me

Semih Gur This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1996 Volume: 30 Number: 5

APA
Tuzuner, S., Ozdemir, H., & Gur, S. (2006). Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 30(5), 498-503. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032
AMA
1.Tuzuner S, Ozdemir H, Gur S. Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30(5):498-503. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032
Chicago
Tuzuner, Serdar, Hakan Ozdemir, and Semih Gur. 2006. “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Arthroscopy of the Wrist: Clinical Experience”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 (5): 498-503. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032.
EndNote
Tuzuner S, Ozdemir H, Gur S (September 1, 2006) Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30 5 498–503.
IEEE
[1]S. Tuzuner, H. Ozdemir, and S. Gur, “Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 498–503, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032.
ISNAD
Tuzuner, Serdar - Ozdemir, Hakan - Gur, Semih. “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Arthroscopy of the Wrist: Clinical Experience”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 30/5 (September 1, 2006): 498-503. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032.
JAMA
1.Tuzuner S, Ozdemir H, Gur S. Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;30:498–503.
MLA
Tuzuner, Serdar, et al. “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Arthroscopy of the Wrist: Clinical Experience”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 30, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 498-03, doi:10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Tuzuner, Hakan Ozdemir, Semih Gur. Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the wrist: clinical experience. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;30(5):498-503. doi:10.3944/aott.v30i5.2032