Table 1.
Techniques in wrist and hand arthroscopy.
| Basic | Intermediate | Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| •Radiocarpal and Midcarpal joint examination | •TFCC capsular repair | •TFCC tendon graft reconstruction |
| •Staging and debridement of avascular necrosis | •TFCC foveal repair | •SLIL tendon graft reconstruction |
| •Synovectomy and synovial biopsy | •Reduction and pinning of scapholunate instability | •Partial wrist joint fusion |
| •Loose body removal | •Treatment of interosseous ligament injuries: SLIL, LTIL | •Treatment of scaphoid fractures and non-unions |
| •Wrist Ganglionectomy | •Arthroscopic Wafer resection | •Treatment of distal radius fractures and intraarticular malunions |
| •Chondroplasty | •Bone resection: radial Styloidectomy, distal scaphoid resection, hamate pole resection | •STT joint arthroscopy with pyrocarbon interposition |
| •Staging and debridement of avascular necrosis | •Small Joint Arthroscopy: Thumb CMCJ, MCPJ, STT joint | |
| •Release of wrist contracture | ||
| •Carpal tunnel release |
TFCC, triangular fibrocartilage complex; SLIL, Scapholunate interosseous ligament; LTIL, Lunotriquetral interosseous ligament; STT, Scaphotrapeziotrapezoidal; CMCJ, Carpometacarpal joint; MCPJ, Metacarpophalangeal Joint.