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CORR Insights^®: Prevalence of Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Abnormalities Regardless of Symptoms Rise With Age: Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis

Author: Miguel A. Pirela-Cruz, MD, FACS

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 12/2014

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Chan and colleagues have attempted to ask a relevant clinical question regarding the evaluation of triangular fibrocartilage complex lesions (TFCC) of the wrist: What relationships exist between TFCC tears, age, and pain? All too often we have patients who have been referred to us for wrist pain and have been diagnosed as having a “tear” involving the TFCC. Moreover, patients may or may not have a history of a traumatic event precipitating the pain. Unfortunately, our diagnostic evaluation of ulnar-sided wrist pain has not changed substantially for several decades now. …

Taleisnik J. Clinical and technologic evaluation of ulnar wrist pain. J Hand Surg Am. 1988;13:801–802.PubMedCrossRef

Title: CORR Insights®: Prevalence of Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Abnormalities Regardless of Symptoms Rise With Age: Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis
Author: Miguel A. Pirela-Cruz, MD, FACS
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 12/2014
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3890-5

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