Wrist arthroscopy or key hole surgery uses small incisions and special equipment to see inside the wrist joint. Ligaments, cartilage surfaces and other parts of the wrist can be inspected, and probed for function.
Arthroscopic keyhole surgery of the wrist looking at the mid carpal joint
Motorised trimming tools can be used to tidy up simple tears of structures like the triangular fibrocartilage ( TFCC).
Scaphoid nonunions ( scaphoid fracture that has not healed) can be cleaned out and bone graft inserted arthroscopically before a headless screw is inserted.
Wrist arthroscopy keyhole scaphoid surgery looking at an unhealed nonunion fracture
Distal radius fractures ( broken wrist) that has damaged the joint surface can be aided by arthroscopy to make the joint surface smooth.
Using wrist arthroscopic keyhole surgery to put the joint surface back in place
Ganglions can be removed with arthroscopic tools in some cases.
Ligaments can be tested and in some cases repaired.