Magnetic resonance imaging is not an effective or efficient predictor of whether meniscal tears will be reparable with current arthroscopic criteria, according to a report from The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Researchers examined patients with meniscal tears who were either treated with repair or meniscectomy. Two senior musculoskeletal radiologists blindly reviewed the preoperative MRI of the 119 menical tears independently and graded the images based on established arthroscopic criteria.
The radiologists correctly estimated reparability 58 percent and 62.7 percent of the time. The two agreed 73.7 percent of the time on which knees were reparable.
Read the abstract for "Can the Reparability of Meniscal Tears Be Predicted With Magnetic Resonance Imaging?"
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Researchers examined patients with meniscal tears who were either treated with repair or meniscectomy. Two senior musculoskeletal radiologists blindly reviewed the preoperative MRI of the 119 menical tears independently and graded the images based on established arthroscopic criteria.
The radiologists correctly estimated reparability 58 percent and 62.7 percent of the time. The two agreed 73.7 percent of the time on which knees were reparable.
Read the abstract for "Can the Reparability of Meniscal Tears Be Predicted With Magnetic Resonance Imaging?"
Read more about sports medicine studies:
- Study: ACL, Bone Attachment Centers on the Tibia and Femur
- Study: Arthroscopic Posterior Capsulolabral repair Best for Treating Traumatic Posterior Shoulder Instability
- Study: Double-Bundle PCL Reconstruction Produces Good Outcomes