Intraoperative Arthroscopy
Arthroscopic evaluation of the articular surface is an option during operative treatment of intra-articular distal radius fractures.
LIMITED RECOMMENDATION Rationale
There were two studies that met the inclusion criteria56, 57 but only one was sufficiently powered to detect the minimal clinically important difference.56 In this study, arthroscopy assisted reduction of the articular surface. In the arthroscopy group the DASH scores were clinically improved at the three month interval. Regardless of arthroscopy, the difference in function as determined by DASH scores was inconclusive at 1 and 2 years postoperatively. This resulted in a downgrading of the recommendation to “Limited.”