Arthroscopic debridement with and without distal ulnar resection in the treatment of triangular fibrocartilage complex tears


Published online: Mar 27 2014

Luc DE SMET, Maarten VAN NUFFEL, Pieter KOORNEEF, Ilse DEGREEF

From Orthopaedic Surgery, Upper Limb Surgery, University Hospitals of Leuven, Pellenberg Campus, Pellenberg, Belgium

Abstract

A retrospective survey for debridement with or without wafer distal ulna resection was performed. Forty six patients responded to a questionnaire on pain, disability and time off work. The mean DASH score decreased from 42 to 28 on average. Thirty two patients were satisfied. The pain was considered severe in 12 patients. There were significant differences in the outcome between debridement only and debridement with wafer resection of the distal ulna.

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