Men and Women from Vancouver and all across B.C. choose False Healthcare Centre because of board-certified surgeons Dr. Alan Baggoo, Dr. Peter Kokan, Dr. Victor Jando, Dr. Fadi Tarazi, Dr. Kostas Panagiotopolous and Dr. Thomas Goetz. Our teams of orthopedic surgeons have years of experience and excellence in performing wrist and hand surgeries.
Many types of wrist pain are caused by sudden injuries that result in sprains or fractures. However, wrist pain also can be the result of more long-term problems such as repetitive stress, arthritis, or carpal tunnel syndrome.
Wrist Arthroscopy is a surgical diagnostic procedure designed to aid in diagnosing and treating wrist pain and injury. With the arthroscope, your surgeon can look directly into your wrist joint to diagnose your injury and decide on the best treatment option for you.
Reasons for Wrist Arthroscopy
Arthroscopic surgery can be used to treat a number of conditions of the wrist:
- Chronic wrist pain
- Wrist fractures
- Ganglion cysts
- Tears in the ligaments, connective tissue, or TFCC of the wrist
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
What to Expect
Wrist arthroscopy can take 1-2 hours, depending on how much work your surgeon needs to do inside your hand or wrist. A sterile fluid will be pumped into your joint to help produce a clearer picture and then a surgeon inserts a fibre-optic video camera, or arthroscope, through a small incision which transmits images from inside the joint to a video monitor.
Your surgeon will use these images to examine your wrist joint and make a diagnosis. If necessary, they will also repair any damage or remove material that interferes with movement or causes pain in your wrist. Afterwards, the fluid is drained out and the incisions are closed with stitches or adhesive strips. A dressing and a bandage is then wrapped around the joint.
The length of your recovery will depend on the severity of the injuries treated.
We also offer the following treatments for wrist and hand related conditions:
- Palmar fasciotomy & fasciectomy
- Repair of tendons: flexor, extensor
- Arthroplasty
- Tendon transplants
- Internal fixation of fractures
- Skin grafts
- Pollicization
- Repair of syndactyly
- Repair of digital nerves
- Synovectomy
- Tenodesis, tenolysis, and tendon transfers and grafts
- Repair Boutonnière deformity
- Neurolysis
- Ganglion excision
Next Steps
If you are ready to discuss your surgery needs with our board certified surgeons, request a consultation today. During your consultation your patient care adviser will discuss:
- Your medical history
- Incision techniques
- Potential risks and complications
7 Comments
I have minimal fluid in the cyst and edema in right hand wrist what should i do
sir .. in wrist area I had the swollen part doctor did the test for ganglion but it was not really the ganglion.. but by injecting liquid in that part it is swollen .. and not perfect movement what should i do plz advice also my right hand tremors.
I have crazy scaphoid and thumb pain and they click when i move my thumb in and away from my palm. Do i have to have it reset? I also have sciatica. All from weight lifting.
I have severe arthritis, I need a ligamment transfer on my left hand that has affected my little finger and ring finger. I have had my right hand operated on with a similar situation involving my ring finger, my right wrist is also fused. I have been advised my left wrist will also be fused following this type of surgery. My concern is my current specialists has become ill and is unable to do surgery for at least a year maybe longer, I have been waiting for over 6 months now. The question I have is how long to get into see your team, and what would the cost be, as I am on a Widows’s pension and need to work part time.
Looking forward to hearing back from your team and any information you can offer.
i have ostioarthrites at the bottom thumb joint do you specialise in LRTI operations
I fractured my wrist, here in Ecuador in early July and was mis-diagnosed…then went for surgery (pins inserted)..
my surgery not good…my wrist movement very limited.
I am a Canadian woman, age 62….I have been advised that I require another surgery, to insert a metal plate/bone graft?
How soon could I be treated…..I will return to Canada the end of this week.
I am inquiring as to the cost & wait time for carpal tunnel surgery – have had appointment at VGH and it has been confirmed surgery required asap – but traditional medical surgery wait is 6 months. Am interested in cost and wait time to expidite the process. thanks