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.
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