Variable | Impact MRI | Nonimpact MRI | P-Values | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total patients | 39 | 28% | 101 | 72% | |
Ordering physician | |||||
Hand surgeon | 26 | 67% | 40 | 40% | .0048*† |
Referring physician | 13 | 33% | 61 | 60% | |
Study indication | |||||
Wrist pain | 11 | 28% | 60 | 64% | .0012*† |
Question of specific injury | 28 | 72% | 41 | 36% | |
DRUJ stability | 2 | 1 | |||
Scapholunate injury | 17 | 7 | |||
TFCC injury | 3 | 12 | |||
Other ligamentous injury | 6 | 21 |