Table 4.

Comparison of MRI Indications Ordered by Hand Surgeons and Referring Physicians

Variables	Hand Surgeon MRI		Referring Physician MRI		P-Values
Total patients	66	47%	74	53%
Study indication
Wrist pain	23	35%	48	65%	.0006^*^{^†}
Question of specific injury	43	65%	26	35%	.0006^*^{^†}
DRUJ stability	3		0
Scapholunate injury	20		4
TFCC injury	7		8
Other ligamentous injury	13		14

DRUJ, distal radioulnar joint; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; TFCC, triangular fibrocartilage complex.
↵* Statistical significance.
↵† Fisher exact test.