Abstract
The purpose was to evaluate the diagnostic feasibility of magnetic resonance arthrography
(MRA) for surgical classification of rotator cuff tear (RCT). Two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional
(3D) MRAs of 45 patients who underwent and subsequent arthroscopy were evaluated.
Full-thickness tears of supraspinatus–infraspinatus tendon were classified based on
surgical categories: crescentic, U-shaped, and L-shaped. Signal-to-noise ratios showed
no significant difference (P>.05); however contrast-to-noise ratios were significantly higher on 2D MRA (P=.02). Diagnoses of RCTs using 3D MRA were similar to diagnoses using 2D MRA, but had
a shorter imaging time. MR visualization for surgical classification was feasible.
However, diagnosis of L-shaped tears was limited.
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Publication history
Published online: July 12, 2014
Accepted:
July 2,
2014
Received in revised form:
June 14,
2014
Received:
February 20,
2014
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