Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study

Introduction: Complete evaluation of knee injury includes detailed clinical examination, radiological evaluation, and arthroscopy. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate...

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Main Authors: V M Predeep Kumar, Raju Karuppal
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2022-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2022;volume=19;issue=3;spage=137;epage=141;aulast=Predeep
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description Introduction: Complete evaluation of knee injury includes detailed clinical examination, radiological evaluation, and arthroscopy. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study of 40 post knee injury symptomatic patients aged 20–40 years. Clinical and MR imaging findings were compared with arthroscopic findings (considering arthroscopy as the gold standard diagnostic test). The specificity, sensitivity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated and compared. Results: The specificity, sensitivity, PPV, NPV, accuracy of clinical examination, and MRI were similar for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries. The diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and MRI were 82.5% and 90%, respectively, and 95% and 92.5% for medial meniscal and lateral meniscal injuries, respectively, and 97.5% and 100% for ACL and PCL injuries, respectively. Conclusion: The diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination is similar to MRI for ligament injuries and marginally lower for meniscal injuries. MRI is useful to clarify clinical diagnosis in clinical cases of meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries that are doubtful.
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spelling doaj-art-97cadfe3efdb4b31b2f669d9f8d53bac2024-12-02T03:33:25ZengSAGE PublicationsApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822022-01-0119313714110.4103/am.am_74_22Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional studyV M Predeep KumarRaju KaruppalIntroduction: Complete evaluation of knee injury includes detailed clinical examination, radiological evaluation, and arthroscopy. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study of 40 post knee injury symptomatic patients aged 20–40 years. Clinical and MR imaging findings were compared with arthroscopic findings (considering arthroscopy as the gold standard diagnostic test). The specificity, sensitivity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated and compared. Results: The specificity, sensitivity, PPV, NPV, accuracy of clinical examination, and MRI were similar for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries. The diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and MRI were 82.5% and 90%, respectively, and 95% and 92.5% for medial meniscal and lateral meniscal injuries, respectively, and 97.5% and 100% for ACL and PCL injuries, respectively. Conclusion: The diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination is similar to MRI for ligament injuries and marginally lower for meniscal injuries. MRI is useful to clarify clinical diagnosis in clinical cases of meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries that are doubtful.http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2022;volume=19;issue=3;spage=137;epage=141;aulast=Predeeparthroscopycruciate ligamentsknee clinical examinationmagnetic resonance imagingmeniscus
spellingShingle V M Predeep Kumar
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Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study
Apollo Medicine
arthroscopy
cruciate ligaments
knee clinical examination
magnetic resonance imaging
meniscus
title Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study
title_full Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study
title_short Comparison between clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries: A cross-sectional study
title_sort comparison between clinical magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopic findings in meniscal and cruciate ligament injuries a cross sectional study
topic arthroscopy
cruciate ligaments
knee clinical examination
magnetic resonance imaging
meniscus
url http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2022;volume=19;issue=3;spage=137;epage=141;aulast=Predeep
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