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Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears in the Athlete

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It is essential for the athlete to maximize performance in sports that require full, pain free range of motion at the forearm, wrist, and hand. Injury to the triangular fibrocartilage can occur as a result of athletic activity ranging from racquet sports to basketball to contact sports like judo. Patients suffering from triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injury often experience discomfort and pain on the ulnar corner of the wrist which is worse on active grip, rotation, and ulnar deviation. Traumatic patterns of TFCC tears include central perforations (Class lA), ulnar avulsions (Class lB), distal avulsions (Class lC), and radial avulsions (Class 1D). Arthroscopic debridement of central tears of TFCC tears in the athlete with neutral or negative ulnar variance is the treatment of choice.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Division of Hand Surgery, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    Akin Üzümcügil (Faculty of Medicine) & Gürsel Leblebicioğlu (Faculty of Medicine)

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University, Has?rc?lar Caddesi, 06110, Ankara, Sihhiye, Turkey

    Mahmut Nedim Doral (Faculty of Medicine) & Mahmut Nedim Doral (Chairman of Department of Sports Medicine)

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Üzümcügil, A., Leblebicioğlu, G., Doral, M.N., Doral, M.N. (2012). Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears in the Athlete. In: Doral, M. (eds) Sports Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15630-4_31

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