title: Radiocarpal Injuries: Cone Beam Computed Tomography Arthrography, Magnetic Resonance Arthrography, and Arthroscopic Correlation among 21 Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Patients with acute or chronic wrist pain often undergo wrist arthroscopy for evaluation of chondral and ligamentous abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to compare findings of wrist arthroscopy with cone beam computed tomography arthrography and magnetic resonance arthrography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Altogether, 21 patients with wrist pain underwent cone beam computed tomography arthrography, magnetic resonance arthrography, and wrist arthroscopy. Chondral surfaces of the scaphoid, lunate, and radius facing the scaphoid and lunate were evaluated. The scapholunate ligament, the lunotriquetral ligament, and the triangular fibrocartilage complex were classified as either intact or torn. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy with 95% confidence intervals were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For chondral lesions (n = 10), cone beam computed tomography arthrograms showed slightly higher specificity than magnetic resonance arthrography. The sensitivity of cone beam computed tomography arthrography was also better for these lesions, except for those on the chondral surface of the lunate. For triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries (n = 9), cone beam computed tomography arthrography showed a better specificity and sensitivity than magnetic resonance arthrography. For ligamentous injuries (n = 6), cone beam computed tomography arthrograms were more sensitive, but less specific than magnetic resonance arthrography images. However, the number of lesions was very small and the 95% confidence intervals are overlapping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cone beam computed tomography is an emerging imaging modality that offers several advantages over computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Its usefulness particularly in ligamentous injuries should be further explored in a larger study. Cone beam computed tomography arthrography seems to offer similar sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy compared to magnetic resonance arthrography and therefore serves as a valuable option in evaluating patients with wrist pain.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hand Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, Töölö Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suojärvi
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, HUS Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Haapamäki
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hand Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, Töölö Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lindfors
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, HUS Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Koskinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001175:Arthrography / Q000379:methods*; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D015331:Cohort Studies; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Cone beam computed tomography arthrography; chondral lesion; ligament tear; magnetic resonance arthrography; triangular fibrocartilage complex; wrist arthroscopy