title: Bilateral three-compartment wrist arthrography in patients with unilateral wrist pain: findings and implications for management.
abstract: Bilateral three-compartment wrist arthrography was performed in 30 patients with unilateral posttraumatic wrist pain to assess the incidence of bilateral findings. The mean age of patients was 30 (range 18-55) years. Thirty-three percent of patients were normal bilaterally, 30% had unilateral communication in the symptomatic wrist, 30% had communications in both the symptomatic and asymptomatic wrists and 7% had communication in the asymptomatic wrist only. Unilateral three-compartment wrist arthrography is not recommended in the assessment of unilateral post-traumatic wrist pain; no advantage of three-compartment injection over radiocarpal injection alone was shown.
authors.affiliation: St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coral
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D011859:Radiography; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*