MRI findings of knee injuries were compared to arthroscopy findings in 40 patients to determine the accuracy of MRI. MRI had 100% sensitivity and 66.67% specificity for ACL tears. MRI was highly accurate for medial meniscal tears (95% accuracy) and lateral meniscal tears (97.5% accuracy). MRI also showed high accuracy for ACL and PCL ruptures (95% and 97.5% respectively). The study concluded that MRI is an accurate non-invasive method for assessing ligament and meniscal injuries but arthroscopy remains the gold standard.
MRI findings of knee injuries were compared to arthroscopy findings in 40 patients to determine the accuracy of MRI. MRI had 100% sensitivity and 66.67% specificity for ACL tears. MRI was highly accurate for medial meniscal tears (95% accuracy) and lateral meniscal tears (97.5% accuracy). MRI also showed high accuracy for ACL and PCL ruptures (95% and 97.5% respectively). The study concluded that MRI is an accurate non-invasive method for assessing ligament and meniscal injuries but arthroscopy remains the gold standard.
MRI findings of knee injuries were compared to arthroscopy findings in 40 patients to determine the accuracy of MRI. MRI had 100% sensitivity and 66.67% specificity for ACL tears. MRI was highly accurate for medial meniscal tears (95% accuracy) and lateral meniscal tears (97.5% accuracy). MRI also showed high accuracy for ACL and PCL ruptures (95% and 97.5% respectively). The study concluded that MRI is an accurate non-invasive method for assessing ligament and meniscal injuries but arthroscopy remains the gold standard.
Title: “Correlation of Magnetic resonance imaging findings and arthroscopy findings in diagnosis of intra
articular injuries of knee joint”.
Aim & Objective: Comparison of findings of magnetic resonance imaging with arthroscopic findings in selected cases to determine the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and concordance of the findings from MRI of the knee. Methodology: Hospital based prospective study with 40 patients with IDK were studied. MRI of injured knee was done & arthroscopic surgery was performed in selected cases. Calculated sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MR and Arthroscopic examination in diagnosing IDK. Results: In our study ACL tear is most common, seen in 36 patients (90%), followed by the Medial Meniscal injuries in 26 patients (65%). We obtained 100% sensitivity and 66.67% specificity in diagnosing ACL tears. The accuracy of MRI in medial and lateral meniscal tears was 95% percent and 97.5%, while for ACL and PCL rupture was 95% and 97.5%. Our study proved high sensitivity and specificity and almost high accuracy of MRI for ACL injuries of knee joint in comparison to arthroscopy. Conclusions: For the assessment of ligamentous and meniscal injuries magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is accurate and non- invasive modality. It can be used as a first line investigation but arthroscopy still remains gold standard.