Cine MRI: a new approach to the diagnosis of scapholunate dissociation (original) (raw)

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility of cine MRI for the detection of scapholunate dissociation (SLD) and to compare the sensitivity and specificity of cine MRI with those of cineradiography and arthroscopy.

Materials and methods

To evaluate feasibility, healthy subjects underwent cine MRI of the wrist. To evaluate sensitivity and specificity, patients with clinically suspected scapholunate ligament (SLL) injury after trauma to the wrist were prospectively included and underwent radiographic examination, cineradiography, and cine MRI. In 25 out of 38 patients, subsequent arthroscopy was performed. Results of cineradiography and cine MRI correlated with those of arthroscopy.

Results

Cine MRI was of diagnostic quality in all healthy subjects and patients with good interrater agreement. There was excellent correlation between cineradiography and cine MRI. Scapholunate distance differed significantly between healthy subjects and patients with scapholunate dissociation (p < 0.001), but not between imaging modalities in the patient group. Cine MRI had 85 % sensitivity and 90 % specificity for the detection of SLD.

Conclusion

Cine MRI of the wrist is a fast and reliable technique for the detection of SLD with diagnostic accuracy comparable to cineradiography. It can be easily implemented as a routine clinical MRI examination, facilitating diagnostic workup of patients with suspected SLD while avoiding radiation exposure.

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  1. Division of Hand Surgery and Functional Microsurgery, Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    I. Langner & A. Eisenschenk
  2. Institute for Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse 1, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
    S. Fischer & S. Langner

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Langner, I., Fischer, S., Eisenschenk, A. et al. Cine MRI: a new approach to the diagnosis of scapholunate dissociation.Skeletal Radiol 44, 1103–1110 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-015-2126-4

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