ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2010
Arthroscopy vs. MRI for a detailed assessment of cartilage disease in osteoarthritis: diagnostic value of MRI in clinical practice.
Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01695720 (Trial Comparing VisionScope Imaging), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trial Comparing VisionScope Imaging (VSI) With Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Diagnosis of Suggestive Clinical Symptoms for Meniscus and Articular Cartilage Injuries in the Knee
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- The clinical utility and diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging for identification of early and advanced knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review.The American journal of sports medicine · 2011Pooled it
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- Combination of optical coherence tomography and near infrared spectroscopy enhances determination of articular cartilage composition and structure.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Diagnosis and classification of chondral knee injuries: comparison between magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016Article
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- Non-terminal animal model of post-traumatic osteoarthritis induced by acute joint injury.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn patients with osteoarthritis, a detailed assessment of degenerative cartilage disease is important to recommend adequate treatment. Using a representative sample of patients, this study investigated whether MRI is reliable for a detailed cartilage assessment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
methodsIn a cross sectional-study as a part of a retrospective case-control study, 36 patients (mean age 53.1 years) with clinically relevant osteoarthritis received standardized MRI (sag. T1-TSE, cor. STIR-TSE, trans. fat-suppressed PD-TSE, sag. fat-suppressed PD-TSE, Siemens Magnetom Avanto syngo MR B 15) on a 1.5 Tesla unit. Within a maximum of three months later, arthroscopic grading of the articular surfaces was performed. MRI grading by two blinded observers was compared to arthroscopic findings. Diagnostic values as well as intra- and inter-observer values were assessed.
resultsInter-observer agreement between readers 1 and 2 was good (kappa = 0.65) within all compartments. Intra-observer agreement comparing MRI grading to arthroscopic grading showed moderate to good values for readers 1 and 2 (kappa = 0.50 and 0.62, respectively), the poorest being within the patellofemoral joint (kappa = 0.32 and 0.52). Sensitivities were relatively low at all grades, particularly for grade 3 cartilage lesions. A tendency to underestimate cartilage disorders on MR images was not noticed.
conclusionsAccording to our results, the use of MRI for precise grading of the cartilage in osteoarthritis is limited. Even if the practical benefit of MRI in pretreatment diagnostics is unequivocal, a diagnostic arthroscopy is of outstanding value when a grading of the cartilage is crucial for a definitive decision regarding therapeutic options in patients with osteoarthritis.
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