title: A comparison of the findings of wrist arthroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging in the investigation of wrist pain.
abstract: Between 1996 and 1999, 54 patients with wrist pain had magnetic resonance imaging performed using a 1.5 Tesla scanner without a wrist coil. Wrist arthroscopy was performed using a standard technique. The findings were then compared. Magnetic resonance imaging had a low sensitivity for the detection of triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries (0.44) and scapholunate ligament injuries (0.11) when wrist arthroscopy was used as the standard of reference. We conclude that when a magnetoresonance technique that does not employ a dedicated wrist coil is used, a negative magnetic resonance imaging scan does not exclude these two significant injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. beingjohnmorley@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bidwell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bransby-Zachary
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014953:Wrist