The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 66, Issue 3 371-378, Copyright © 1984 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Arthrography of the wrist joint. An experimental study
ZD Mikic
Arthrography using 60 per cent Urografin was done on twenty fresh cadaver
wrist joints. The wrists were then dissected and the arthrographic picture
was correlated with the anatomical findings. The study showed that the
contrast solution exactly delineated the radiocarpal joint cavity. It
passed through all apertures into the adjacent joints. the arthrographic
picture accurately corresponded to the anatomical observations. The pattern
of a normal arthrogram was thus established. The preliminary results of a
parallel clinical study in forty-nine patients are briefly described. I
concluded that contrast arthrography can be helpful in the diagnosis of
several conditions that show no findings on plain radiographs.