Is Arthroscopy Necessary for Distal Radius Fracture Fixation?

January 5, 2026 1 min read Premium comments

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Arthroscopy has a certain mystique. Crisp images. Intra-articular glamour. The sense that if you see more, you must be fixing more. For distal radius fractures, however, this systematic review and meta-analysis ask a sobering question: Is arthroscopy helping our patients — or just helping us feel better about the reduction?

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