Wrist arthroscopy is a minimally invasive technique used to examine and treat the inside of the wrist joint through small incisions, guided by a camera. First introduced in 1979, it became an accepted diagnostic tool by the mid-1980s and has since also been used therapeutically, allowing surgeons to both identify and treat problems within the wrist.
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Do trials show that wrist arthroscopy gives better results than other treatments?
The journal Acta Orthopaedica, in a systematic review and meta-analysis by Karjalainen and colleagues, states: "Of 7 included studies, none compared wrist arthroscopic procedures with no treatment or placebo surgery. 3 trials compared arthroscopically assisted reduction with fluoroscopic reduction of intra-articular distal radius fractures. The certainty of evidence was low to very low for all comparisons. The benefit of arthroscopy was clinically unimportant (smaller than what patients may consider meaningful) at all time points."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrist_arthroscopy, lead section
Wrist arthroscopy can be used to look inside the joint of the wrist.
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