Diagnostic value of conventional arthrography in investigating post-traumatic ulnar wrist pain: Are MRI and MR arthrography always necessary?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kazakos, Konstantinos J ^a   Xarchas, Konstantinos C ^a,b   Ziogas, Miltiades K ^a   Kehagias, Dimitrios J ^a   Verettas, Dionysios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthrogram; MRI; Ulnar wrist pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOULNAR JOINT; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; ULNA WRIST PAIN; WRIST;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WRIST;

EID: 42049119449     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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