Non-Surgical Treatment For TFCC Tears Appropriate treatment approaches for managing symptoms of TFCC tears depends on both the stage and severity of injury. Assessment by an orthopaedic surgeon, with regard to the appropriateness of surgical intervention is useful. Because traumatic tears and degenerative tears are frequently managed differently. Many traumatic tears are repairable. Whereas degenerative… Read More >
TFCC tears are most commonly associated with falls onto an outstretched hand. Situations where the individual falls, landing on the hand with the wrist backwards and the forearm rotated into pronation.
Anatomy And Function Of The TFCC The triangular fibrocartilage complex, or TFCC for short. Is as the name would suggest a complex of structures. The TFCC is located on the little finger side of the wrist. It is comprised of ligaments, cartilaginous structures and a tendon sheath. The triangular fibrocartilage complex separates the radiocarpal from… Read More >