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Bilateral Arthrography of the WristFrom the Sydney Hospital Hand Unit, Sydney, Australia Correspondence: Timothy J. Herbert, F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S., Sydney Hospital Hand Unit, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia. In order to determine the true significance of a positive arthrogram in the investigation of wrist pain, a prospective trial was carried out in 60 patients, using the opposite asymptomatic wrist as a control. Of the 46 patients with positive findings in the symptomatic wrist, 34 (74%), had positive arthrograms in the opposite, asymptomatic, wrist. As a result of this, we conclude that a unilateral arthrogram is of little diagnostic value and we recommend the use of the opposite, asymptomatic, wrist as a control.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 15, No. 2,
233-235 (1990) This article has been cited by other articles:
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