Case Report: Aftermath of Trauma

artroscopiaThe picture shows an intervention by wrist arthroscopy. This was a patient of 32 years, who after an accidental fall showed a sharp pain in his wrist. After attending to his orthopedic surgeon, he did not see anything broken on radiographs, and was treated with painkillers and anti-inflammatory. Several months later he was still having pain in the wrist.

In this case, routine imaging tests are not enough to diagnose the case. After a thorough examination you must also perform in the operating room for arthroscopy, a camera, see what the problem is inside of the wrist and fix it. The patient was diagnosed and treated at the same time, and recovered his normal live in three months.

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