Radiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Yin, Y.
Right arrow Articles by Kanterman, R. Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Yin, Y.
Right arrow Articles by Kanterman, R. Y.

Radiology, Vol 200, 829-832, Copyright © 1996 by Radiological Society of North America

ARTICLES

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

Y Yin, BA Evanoff, LA Gilula, B Littenberg, TK Pilgram and RY Kanterman
Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, People's Republic of China.

PURPOSE: To determine if wrist arthrography changes surgeons' diagnoses and treatment plans for patients with chronic wrist pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bilateral, three-compartment wrist arthrography was performed in 64 patients. Prospective questionnaires evaluated surgeons' diagnoses and management plans at three stages: before arthrography, after arthrography of the symptomatic wrist, and after arthrography of the asymptomatic wrist. RESULTS: Surgeons tended to plan more conservative management after receiving the results of arthrography. The number of patients for whom the reported treatment plan included surgery dropped from 28 of 64 patients (44%) to 19 of 64 patients (30%) after review of the arthrography results (P = .05). The number of patients for whom the treatment plan included treatment of any kind dropped from 55 of 64 patients (86%) to 49 of 64 patients (77%) after review of the arthrography results (P = .09). An overall change in treatment plan occurred in 29 of 64 patients (45%). CONCLUSION: Wrist arthrography influences surgeons' decision making. After reviewing the results of arthrography, surgeons tended to change treatment plans toward more conservative, less invasive treatment.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 RadiologyHome page
M. Memarsadeghi, M. J. Breitenseher, C. Schaefer-Prokop, M. Weber, S. Aldrian, C. Gabler, and M. Prokop
Occult Scaphoid Fractures: Comparison of Multidetector CT and MR Imaging--Initial Experience
Radiology, July 1, 2006; 240(1): 169 - 176.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
L. S. Medina, B. Bernal, C. Dunoyer, L. Cervantes, M. Rodriguez, E. Pacheco, P. Jayakar, G. Morrison, J. Ragheb, and N. R. Altman
Seizure Disorders: Functional MR Imaging for Diagnostic Evaluation and Surgical Treatment--Prospective Study
Radiology, July 1, 2005; 236(1): 247 - 253.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
A. M. Herneth, A. Siegmeth, T. R. Bader, A. Ba-Ssalamah, G. Lechner, V. M. Metz, and F. Grabenwoeger
Scaphoid Fractures: Evaluation with High-Spatial-Resolution US—Initial Results
Radiology, July 1, 2001; 220(1): 231 - 235.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
M. Zanetti, J. K. Strehle, H.-P. Kundert, H. Zollinger, and J. Hodler
Morton Neuroma: Effect of MR Imaging Findings on Diagnostic Thinking and Therapeutic Decisions
Radiology, November 1, 1999; 213(2): 583 - 588.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
RADIOLOGY RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE
Copyright © 1996 by the Radiological Society of North America.