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Multiple excellent repair techniques exist in the current literature for dorsal peripheral tears and even for those in the substance of the TFCC, whereas there are successful evolving techniques of repair of avulsed tears and those involving the substance of the ligaments on the radial side adjacent to the sigmoid notch. Here, we describe our technique of repairing substance tears of the TFCC arthroscopically without the need for any specialized equipment apart from the basic arthroscopy set. The technique was conducted in a patient with a transverse substance tear on the radial side of the triangular fibrocartilage involving the central disc with complete resolution of symptoms. 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