title: Minimally invasive approaches to ulnar-sided wrist disorders.
abstract: Ulnar-sided wrist pain is a common cause of pain and disability, which has long been a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma for hand surgeons. A thorough understanding of the anatomy, clinical examination, and radiographic evaluation is essential to establish a focused differential diagnosis, with the cause of disability often being multifactorial. Arthroscopy is particularly well suited to both directly visualize and treat multiple causes of ulnar-sided wrist pain, including pathology of the TFCC, UIS, LTIL tears, and hamate arthrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Robert A. Chase Hand and Upper Limb Center, Stanford University Medical Center, 450 Broadway Street, M/C 6342, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pirolo
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D018771:Arthralgia / Q000601:surgery*; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003646:Debridement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D051225:Hamate Bone; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D051478:Triangular Fibrocartilage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Hamate arthrosis; Lunotriquetral ligament; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; Ulnar sided; Ulnocarpal impaction; Wrist pain