wrist arthroscopy is surgery performed using a small camera called an arthroscope, which is inserted through tiny incisions in the skin. Normally, two incisions are made that allow the wrist specialist to view the entire joint on a television screen.

This technique also allows visualizing, with a mini camera, the structures that are around the wrist joint: tendons, ligaments, or nerves.

Wrist arthroscopy and endoscopy allow the cartilage of the wrist bones to be directly inspected. Through minimal incisions in the skin, the mini-camera and arthroscopic instruments are introduced, with which the lesions found can be repaired.

Arthroscopy is a slightly aggressive technique, performed by the best wrist surgeons, which allows direct visualization of the joint. In this way, some pathologies of the hand and wrist can be diagnosed and treated more precisely.

Hand and wrist surgery with Arthroscopy Wrist arthroscopy lasts between 15 and 60 minutes, depending on the complexity of the pathology being treated. It is performed using loco-regional anesthesia of the arm and, generally, the patient is discharged a few hours after the intervention or the next day.

Hand And Wrist Rehabilitation

Postoperative pain in wrist arthroscopy is mild, and well controlled with analgesics. Normally, the patient can regain mobility within a few days after wrist surgery.

Being a minimally invasive technique, recovery is faster than in open surgery. It may be necessary to perform some sessions of rehabilitation treatment with a physiotherapist in a specialized center.

• Stiffness or restricted mobility of the wrist.
• Fractures or loose bodies in joints.
• Fibrocartilage injuries.
• Injuries to the cartilage of the wrist bones.
• wrist arthritis.
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
• Entrapment of tendons or wrist nerve.
• Wrist synovitis.
• Rhizarthrosis.

Wrist endoscopy is possible as long as the patient has not undergone open carpal tunnel surgery. This surgery is carried out by a specialist in wrist endoscopy, which allows the patient to recover in a short period of time thanks to the fact that it is a minimally invasive technique.

It is an operation in which only local anesthesia is applied to the hand and hospital rest is not necessary after the operation.

This surgery is performed to free and relieve the carpal tunnel. Through an incision, the endoscope is inserted, which allows observing the exact place of the obstruction, to finally repair the damage caused with the appropriate surgical instruments.

One of the most common injuries of the hand is the metacarpal bone. In many cases, immobilizing the patient's joint is sufficient. However, on other occasions, it is necessary for the patient to undergo a surgical intervention.

What are the metacarpal bones of the hand?

The hand is made up of several groups of bones: distal phalanges, middle phalanges, proximal phalanges, metacarpal bones, and carpal bones.

There are five metacarpal bones, one for each finger, this bone is the one that joins the proximal phalanges with the carpal bones. This bone has three parts: head, body, and base.

Types Of Metacarpal Fracture

Metacarpal fractures are classified according to the part of the bone where they are located. If it has occurred in the part of the knuckle, it is called a head metacarpal fracture and if it is located below the knuckle, it is called a subcapital metacarpal fracture. These two types are the most complex.

A fracture at the base of the finger would be a base fracture. A fracture located in the center of the metacarpal bone is called a diaphyseal fracture.

Fifth Metacarpal Fracture:

This fracture occurs in the little finger of the hand, it is the most common of all since it is the one that is usually caused by trauma. That is why it is known as a boxer's fracture.

What types of metacarpal fractures usually require surgery?

Usually, the metacarpal fractures that require hand surgery are:

• Malrotation.
• Intra-articular.
• opened.
• Spiroidal
• Comminuted
• Subcapitals
• Irreducible Fractures
• oblique

What is rhizarthrosis?

Rhizarthrosis is a type of osteoarthritis that damages the trapeziometacarpal joint (TM), located in the area of the thumb of the hand. It is a degenerative alteration of the joint itself, and it affects the daily life of the patient who suffers from it since it does not allow the action of joining the thumb with the fingers to be carried out normally.

Cartilage can suffer degeneration due to various factors such as age or having been constantly forced.

Rhizarthrosis symptoms

• Intense and continuous pain in the thumb area.
• Swelling in the affected area.
• Impediment or difficulty in performing daily activities.
• Stiffness in the joint itself.
• Abnormal noises when moving the joint.

How to treat rhizarthrosis?

In conservative treatment, anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation stand out.

There is also the surgical option, which consists of a minimally invasive intervention through arthroscopy or arthroplasty, performed by our team of pioneering specialists in this type of intervention.

Advantages of wrist & hand arthroscopy

The fundamental advantage over open surgery is the minimal damage to the tissues in its approach. Furthermore, it provides a direct view of the joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves; which allows greater precision in the diagnosis and treatment of injuries.

The patient has a faster recovery with less postoperative wrist pain and a lower risk of infections.

It is very important that wrist arthroscopy is performed by a traumatologist specializing in hand and wrist surgery, with extensive experience in arthroscopy, since the wrist is surrounded by nerves, ligaments, tendons, and important blood vessels that must be well understood so as not to be injured.

Doctor Elgeadi's team has specialist wrist doctors who master this technique.

How much does a wrist and hand arthroscopy cost?

The price of hand or wrist arthroscopy depends on the time required in the operating room, the surgical material used, and the days of hospitalization.

Most medical societies have full coverage if it is required, depending on the wrist orthopedist, to perform a hand or wrist arthroscopy.