Surgeons' decision making in patients with chronic wrist pain: role of bilateral three-compartment wrist arthrography--prospective study.

Abstract

Wrist arthrography influences surgeons' decision making. After reviewing the results of arthrography, surgeons tended to change treatment plans toward more conservative, less invasive treatment.

Does MR Perfusion Imaging Impact Management Decisions for Patients with Brain Tumors? A Prospective Study

“…The chosen design has been successfully used in other studies that evaluated the impact of imaging technologies on intermediate outcomes. 44,45 Whether perfusion imaging has a positive effect on patient outcome was not studied with this design.…”

Evaluation of the triangular fibrocartilage in cadaveric wrists by means of arthrography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and MR arthrography

“…For the detection of these lesions, several different imaging modalities are used: single, two-, or three-compartmental arthrography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MR arthrography, and arthroscopy. Numerous studies using these diagnostic procedures have shown varying results (4,6,8,9,12,13,16,17,(19)(20)(21)(22)24). Wrist arthroscopy is considered by many surgeons to be the gold reference standard (8,12).…”

Wrist arthrography: a simple method

“…Three-compartment arthrography is used to enhance diagnostic accuracy and to identify the site of perforation [1,2], though some authors state that MR imaging, especially MR arthrography, is the most appropriate procedure for evaluation of these lesions [6][7][8]. Nevertheless, conventional arthrography remains an accepted technique for evaluation of the intrinsic ligaments of the wrist.…”

“…Wrist arthrography is an accepted technique for the evaluation of patients with chronic wrist pain [1,2]. Arthrography of the wrist, specifically three-compartment arthrography, has traditionally been recommended for the investigation of the triangular fibrocartilage (TFC) and the intrinsic ligaments of the wrist [1,[3][4][5].…”