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ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY
卷 34, 期 3, 页码 726-733出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2017.09.020
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- NIBIB NIH HHS [P41 EB017183] Funding Source: Medline
Purpose: To compare patellar instability with magnetic resonance imaging analysis using continuous real-time radial gradient-echo (GRE) imaging in the assessment of symptomatic patients and asymptomatic subjects. Methods: Symptomatic patients with suspected patellofemoral maltracking and asymptomatic volunteers were scanned in real time by a radial 2-dimensional GRE sequence at 3 T in axial orientation at the patella level through a range of flexion-extension. The degree of lateral maltracking, as well as the associated tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance and trochlea depth, was measured. Patellar lateralization was categorized as normal (<= 2 mm), mild (>2 to <= 5 mm), moderate (>5 to <= 10 mm), or severe (>10 mm). The patellofemoral cartilage was also assessed according to the modified Outer-bridge grading system. Results: The study included 20 symptomatic patients (13 women and 7 men; mean age, 36 +/- 12.8 years) and 10 asymptomatic subjects (3 women and 7 men; mean age, 33.1 years). The mean time to perform the dynamic component ranged from 3 to 7 minutes. Lateralization in the symptomatic group was normal in 10 patients, mild in 1, moderate in 8, and severe in 1. There was no lateral tracking greater than 3 mm in the volunteer group. Lateral maltracking was significantly higher in symptomatic patients than in asymptomatic subjects (4.4 +/- 3.7 mm vs 1.5 +/- 0.71 mm, P = .007). Lateral tracking significantly correlated with tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance (r = 0.48, P = .006). There was excellent agreement on lateral tracking between the 2 reviewers (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.979; 95% confidence interval, 0.956-0.990). Conclusions: The inclusion of a dynamic radial 2-dimensional GRE sequence is a rapid and easily performed addition to the standard magnetic resonance imaging protocol and allows dynamic quantitative assessment of patellar instability and lateral maltracking in symptomatic patients. With a paucity of reported data using this technique confirming that these results reach clinical significance, future work is required to determine how much lateral tracking is clinically significant.
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