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ArticleActa radiologica open2023

Assessment of articular cartilage of ankle joint in stable and unstable unilateral weber type-B/SER-type ankle fractures shortly after trauma using T2 relaxation time.

Sami Lehtovirta, Victor Casula, Marianne Haapea, Simo Nortunen, Sannamari Lepojärvi, Harri Pakarinen, Miika T Nieminen, Eveliina Lammentausta, Jaakko Niinimäki

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Article in Acta radiologica open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sami LehtovirtaResearch Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-9749
Victor CasulaResearch Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Marianne HaapeaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Simo NortunenPihlajalinna Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Sannamari LepojärviDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Harri PakarinenPihlajalinna Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Miika T NieminenResearch Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Eveliina LammentaustaMedical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Jaakko NiinimäkiResearch Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-3726
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Background: Early detection of post-traumatic cartilage damage in the ankle joint in magnetic resonance images can be difficult due to disturbances to structures usually appearing over time. Purpose: To study the articular cartilage of unilateral Weber type-B/SER-type ankle fractures shortly post-trauma using T2 relaxation time. Material and Methods: Fifty one fractured ankles were gathered from consecutively screened patients, compiled initially for RCT studies, and treated at Oulu University Hospital and classified as stable ( Results: Control group displayed significantly higher T2 values in tibial cartilage compared to stable (six out of nine regions, Conclusions: Lower T2 relaxation times of tibial cartilage in fractured ankles suggest intact extra cellular matrix (ECM) of the cartilage. Severity of the ankle fracture, measured by ankle stability, does not seem to increase ECM degradation immediately after trauma.

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anklecartilagemagnetic resonance imagingosteoarthritistrauma

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