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Keywords:
Musculoskeletal joint, Ultrasound, Comparative studies, Cost-effectiveness, Safety, Education and training
Authors:
L. Aghaghazvini, M. N. Tahmasbi, R. Gerami, B. Rasuli, F. Khorasanizadeh; Tehran/IR
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2015/C-2194
Methods and materials
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This study was performed on 48 patients scheduled for arthroscopic evaluation in an referral academic orthopedic center mostly with traumatic lesions .
One day before the surgery,
patients are referred to the department of radiology and after taking inform consent ultrasound assessment was done by an expert radiologist,
free of charge.
Ultrasound was performed by a high resulotion ultrasound unit (Esaote My Lab 70) with 13 MHZ linear probe and in supine position in full extension and 45º,
90º,
120 º flextion.
The probe placed above the patella and vertical to femur length.
Cartilage thickness was measured from covering soft tissue to the underlynig bony articular surface and in medial and lateral and Notch aspects.
Cartilage transparency devided to high,
good,
poor,
weak and grade variables was calassified base on the International Cartilage Repair Society Scale to normal,
partial erosion,
complete defect with normal beneath bone and complete defect with bone involvment as well as the presence of osteophytes or calcification.
Results of ultrasound were compared with arthroscopy.
Analysis of data carried out by the SPSS15 version.