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The database was assessed in June 2019 through injury International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision-SWE diagnoses. Demographics, reasons for avoidance, type of complication, and costs were assessed. Trend analysis was also used to compare the numbers of filed claims of wrist ligament injuries and total injuries.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003The mean age of the 231 extracted patients was 38 years. Females represented 57%. Ninety-eight (42%) of the claims were judged as avoidable, in accordance with the 40% approved patient injuries of all notified injuries during the same time period. Isolated injuries to the TFCC and SL ligament were the most common (n\u2009=\u2009185, 80%). One to seven secondary surgical procedures\/patient were needed to treat the condition. Sixty-nine (30%) of the 231 patients had medical invalidity due to the avoidable complication(s). Disability was more severe if more than one surgical procedure was needed. There was a significant trend toward decreasing numbers of filed claims for wrist ligament injuries (p\u2009=\u20090.002) over time, in contrast to the total number of filed claims to L\u00d6F, which has increased by an average of 6% annually for a cumulative increase of 60% from 2011 to 2018.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Interpretation\u2003The total cost for misdiagnosed and mistreated wrist ligament injuries in Sweden from 2011 to 2018 was \u20ac2,203,467, and costly for both the patients and society at large.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Level of Evidence\u2003Level III, therapeutic.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0043-1776342","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,23]],"date-time":"2024-01-23T00:12:10Z","timestamp":1705968730000},"page":"034-041","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Clinical and Socioeconomic Effects of Misdiagnosed Wrist Ligament Injuries"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Felicia","family":"Rosvall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Omtanken Primary Healthcare Center, Landala, Gothenburg, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6667-2593","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elisabet","family":"Hagert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar"},{"name":"Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1152-8700","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pelle","family":"Gustafson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences - Orthopaedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden"},{"name":"Swedish National Patient Insurance Company, Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7002-7239","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonny K.","family":"Andersson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar"},{"name":"Atleva - Gothenburg Handcenter, Gothenburg, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,22]]},"reference":[{"issue":"03","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"208","DOI":"10.1016\/J.JHSB.2003.12.003","article-title":"Arthroscopic findings in wrists with severe post-traumatic pain despite normal standard radiographs","volume":"29","author":"L Adolfsson","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Hand Surg [Br]"},{"issue":"10","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2014","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arthro.2015.04.090","article-title":"Efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging and clinical tests in diagnostics of wrist ligament injuries: a systematic review","volume":"31","author":"J K Andersson","year":"2015","journal-title":"Arthroscopy"},{"issue":"03","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"357","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-199603000-00006","article-title":"Intracarpal soft-tissue lesions associated with an intra-articular fracture of the distal end of the radius","volume":"78","author":"W B Geissler","year":"1996","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"638","DOI":"10.1016\/S0266-7681(97)80364-6","article-title":"Chondral and ligamentous wrist lesions in young adults with distal radius fractures. 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