Evaluation of Meniscal Tissue after Meniscal Repair Using Ultrahigh Field MRI
| Autor: | Patrick Platzer, Siegfried Trattnig, Silke Aldrian, Stefan Hajdu, Beate Stelzeneder, Christian Albrecht, David Stelzeneder, Vladimir Juras, Bernhard Michael Trabauer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Ultrahigh field Meniscus (anatomy) Menisci Tibial 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Prospective Studies Arthroplasty Replacement Knee Lateral meniscus 030222 orthopedics medicine.diagnostic_test Meniscal tissue business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging 030229 sport sciences Anatomy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sagittal plane Meniscal repair medicine.anatomical_structure Surgery business Medial meniscus |
| Zdroj: | The journal of knee surgery. 34(12) |
| ISSN: | 1938-2480 |
| Popis: | The study evaluates the meniscal tissue after primary meniscal suturing using 7-Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging with T2* mapping at 6 and 12 months after surgery to investigate the differences between repaired meniscal tissue and healthy meniscal tissue in the medial and lateral compartment. This prospective study included 11 patients (9m/2f) with a mean age of 30.6 years (standard deviation 9.0). Patients with a meniscal tear that was treated arthroscopically with meniscus suturing, using an all-inside technique, were included. All patients and seven healthy volunteers were imaged on a 7-T whole-body system. T2* mapping of the meniscus was applied on sagittal slices. Regions-of-interest were defined manually in the red and white zone of each medial and lateral meniscus to measure T2*-values. In the medial posterior and medial anterior horn similar T2*-values were measured in the red and white zone at 6- and 12-month follow-up. Compared with the control group higher T2*-values were found in the repaired medial meniscus. After 12-months T2*-values decreased to normal values in the anterior horn and remained elevated in the posterior horn. In the red zone of the lateral posterior horn a significant decrease in the T2*-values (from 8.2 milliseconds to 5.9 milliseconds) (p = 0.04), indicates successful repair; a tendency toward a decrease in the white zone between the 6 and 12 months follow-up was observed. In the red zone of the lateral anterior horn the T2*-values decreased significantly during follow-up and in the white zone of the lateral anterior horn T2*-values were comparable. In comparison to the control group higher T2*-values were measured at 6-months; however, the T2*-values showed comparable values in the repaired lateral meniscus after 12 months. The T2* mapping results of the current study indicated a better healing response of the red zone of the lateral posterior horn compared with the medial posterior horn. |
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