Radiographic Patterns of Radiocarpal and Midcarpal Arthritis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to determine the specific locations of radiocarpal and/or midcarpal joint osteoarthritis (RC/MC OA). METHODS: A total of 1,007 wrist radiographs were screened for the presence of RC/MC OA. The locations of the degenerative changes were identified. In addition, the observers then determined whether the observed patterns fell under the scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) pattern. RESULTS: The SLAC pattern did not represent the majority of observed degenerative changes. Almost one-third of the patients had degenerative changes present at the radiolunate or scaphocapitate articulations in the absence of radioscaphoid changes. Women have a lower risk of arthritis compared with men (odds ratio, 0.306; P < 0.05). Increasing age correlated with the presence of arthritis (odds ratio, 1.05; P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Contrary to the previous reports in the literature, our cohort demonstrated that <50% of wrist OA fell into the category of SLAC arthritis.

publication date

  • June 15, 2017

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6132295

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85067911007

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00017

PubMed ID

  • 30211351

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 1

issue

  • 3