Portals in the Arthroscopy of the Wrist and of the Small Joints

Arthroscopy of the wrist and small joints was born in the 1980s, although the first publication appeared in 1979 [1] and developed later in the 1990s. The European group of arthroscopy (EWAS—European Wrist Arthroscopy Society) was founded on 15 March 2005, by a group of friends who shared the same passion: Da Rin, Levadoux, Martinache, Rigault Mouton, Samson, Dumontier, Mathoulin, Moreel, Tchenio, Limousin, Cousin, Messina, Wilson, Amin, Fontes, Roure, Haerle and Lingo, Camps, with the collaboration of J. Dupuy (Storz). The first president of the group was Christian Dumontier and the first secretary Christophe Mathoulin [2]. Currently the members of the company are about 450 around the world, indicating that this technique is increasingly relevant in the wrist-hand surgery. The realization of increasingly small and sophisticated tools simplified the techniques and led to new endoscopic surgeries.