ArticleCartilage2021
Poor Sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance Arthrography to Detect Hip Chondral Delamination: A Retrospective Follow-Up of 227 FAI-Operated Patients.
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- Best Practices: Hip Femoroacetabular Impingement.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2021Pooled it
- Quantitative measurements for acetabular cartilage delamination on MRI.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- An Updated Review on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acetabular Cartilage Delamination in Patients With Femoroacetabular Impingement.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Review
- Reliability of pre-operative symptoms, radiographs, and MRI for the assessment of cartilage loss in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome with intra-operative correlation.Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- Current understanding of articular cartilage lesions in femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Review
- Comparison of MRI and arthroscopy findings for transitional zone cartilage damage in the acetabulum of the hip joint.Skeletal radiology · 2024Article
- Arthroscopic Repair of Acetabular Cartilage Delamination Using Chondral Nail Fixation in Patients With Femoroacetabular Impingement.Arthroscopy techniques · 2024Article
- SSR white paper: guidelines for utilization and performance of direct MR arthrography.Skeletal radiology · 2024Review
- Morphological assessment of cartilage and osteoarthritis in clinical practice and research: Intermediate-weighted fat-suppressed sequences and beyond.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acetabular Chondral Delamination in Femoroacetabular Impingement.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- [The meaning of cartilage therapy in the treatment of FAIS : Is a specific cartilage therapy necessary or is deformity correction sufficient?]Der Orthopade · 2022Review
- [Update on imaging in femoroacetabular impingement syndrome].Der Orthopade · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to retrospectively assess the frequency and characteristics of acetabular cartilage delamination (CD) in femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) patients and to assess the sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), and positive predictive value (PPV) of magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) in detecting CD based on the radiologist report.
designThis is a single-center retrospective review of consecutive patients operated for symptomatic FAI. All of the patients had a 1.5-T MR-arthrogram within 12 months preoperatively. MRA reports of these patients were compared with operation notes and surgical videos of all patients by two trained assessors.
resultsAt surgery, CD of the acetabulum was present in 169 patients out of a total of 229 patients (74%). Only 6.5% (11 patients) of CD was described on the MRA reports preoperatively. The mean age of the patients was 37.6 ± 13.3 years. The average extent of delamination was 3.12 ± 1.5 cm
conclusionThe CD in patients with FAI can be severely underdiagnosed with MRA. There is a need for better standard diagnostic criteria to detect CD in patients with FAI.
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