title: Wrist Arthroscopy for Athletic Injuries.
abstract: Management of hand and wrist injuries for athletes often places emphasis on an expeditious return to sport. Arthroscopic techniques have the advantage of directly visualizing joint derangements and correcting them via a minimally invasive approach. This article discusses the evaluation and management of common wrist injuries treated with arthroscopy in athletes, including scapholunate and lunotriquetral injury, triangular fibrocartilage complex tears, hamatolunate impingement, and arthroscopic-assisted reduction of wrist fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: rjtosti@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tosti
authors.affiliation: The Philadelphia Hand Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 834 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Eon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Athletes; Sports; Wrist arthroscopy; Wrist injuries