This is an interview with Dr. Scott Schaaf, DO who is an Orthopedic Surgeon at The Everett Clinic. For a full biography of Dr. Schaaf, please visit: http://scottaschaaf.everettclinic.com/.
"There are some small ligaments in the wrist that, if they tear, can lead to arthritis in the wrist, as well as causing pain after the injury; those can be taken care of with the arthroscope. Arthritis: you can buy someone some time with arthroscopic surgery for wrist arthritis. So, that's something that's relatively unique to my practice. There are only a couple of us in the area that do wrist arthroscopy. But it's something that I've found to be very successful and very helpful for people."
For more information on The Everett Clinic Orthopedics Department please visit: http://www.everettclinic.com/specialties/orthopaedics.ashx?p=904.
