Mustafa KOPLAY, Ali Sami KIVRAK, Elif AKSAKALLI, Seda ÖZBEK, Serdar TOKER

Diagnostic accuracy of 0.2 tesla open MR imaging unit in detecting meniscal tears: Correlation with arthroscopy

Amaç: Menisküs yırtıklarının değerlendirilmesinde 0.2 Tesla (T) manyetik rezonans görüntülemenin (MRG) tanısal doğruluğu araştırıldı ve standart referans olarak artroskopi ile karşılaştırıldı. Metod: Menisküs yırtığı şüphesi olan 340 hasta 0.2 T açık MRG cihazı ile incelendi. 47 hasta artroskopi ile değerlendirildi. Retrospektif olarak artroskopi ve MRG sonuçları karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Menisküs yırtıklarının tespitinde 0.2 T MRG’nin sensitivite, spesifite ve tanısal doğruluk oranları medial menisküs için sırasıyla %90, %88,2 ve %89,4, lateral menisküs için %91, %91,6 ve %91,5 bulundu. Sonuç: 0.2 T MRG, menisküs yırtıklarının tespitinde etkindir ve menisküs patolojilerinin tespitinde güvenli bir şekilde kullanılabilir.

0.2 Tesla açık MR ünitesinin menisküs yırtıklarını saptamada tanı doğruluğu: Artroskopi ile korelasyon

Aim: In the assessment of meniscal tears, diagnostic accuracy of 0.2 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was investigated and compared with arthroscopy as standard of reference. Method: 340 patients suspected with meniscal tears were examined by 0.2 Tesla open MRI unit. 47 of the patients underwent arthroscopy. The arthroscopy results were compared with interpretations of MRI retrospectively. Result: In detecting meniscal tears with 0.2 T MRI, sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy were 90%, 88,2%, 89,4% for medial meniscal tears and 91%, 91,6%, 91,5% for lateral meniscal tears, respectively. Conclusion: O.2 T MRI is effective in detecting meniscal tears and can be safely use in detecting the meniscal pathologies.

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