Wrist arthroscopy Wrist arthroscopy Wrist arthroscopy (from the Greek άρθρωση, "arthros" "joint" and σκοπεῖν, "skopein" "to look or see") can be used to look inside the joint of the wrist. It is a minimally invasive technique which can be utilized for diagnostic purposes as well as for therapeutic interventions. Wrist arthroscopy has been used for diagnostic purposes since it was first introduced in 1979. However, it only became accepted as diagnostic tool around the mid-1980s. At that time, arthroscopy of the wrist was an innovative technique to determine whether a problem could be found in the wrist. A few years later, wrist
ISAKOS - International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS), European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Artroscopia, Rodilla y Deporte (SLARD). When a member applies to ISAKOS he will be considered for one of two primary membership categories: Doctors with interest or ability in the fields of medicine or science and who have demonstrated an interest in arthroscopy, knee surgery, and orthopaedic sports medicine shall be eligible. These members are not entitled to vote and are not eligible to hold office. Individuals qualified as orthopedists, musculoskeletal surgeons, rheumatologists or the equivalent, from all countries