Editorial Commentary: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Not Inferior to the Gold Standard of Diagnostic Arthroscopy for Identification of Wrist Ligamentous Pathology.

Abstract

Accurate diagnoses of wrist ligamentous injuries are critical to guiding the proper treatment pathway for patients with these pathologies. Although advancements in imaging continue and magnetic resonance imaging is valuable, diagnostic arthroscopy remains superior, particularly if involvement of the noncentral triangular fibrocartilage complex, scapholunate interosseous ligament, or lunotriquetral interosseous ligament is suspected on the basis of history and physical examination and even in the face of negative magnetic resonance imaging findings.