MRI following medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: assessment of imaging features found with post-operative pain, arthritis, and graft failure

Objective To assess MR features following MPFL reconstruction and determine their influence on post-operative pain, progressive arthritis, or graft failure. Materials and methods Retrospective study on 38 patients with MPFL reconstruction and a post-operative MRI between January 2010 and June 2019. Two radiologists assessed MPFL graft signal, graft thickness, femoral screw, femoral tunnel widening, and patellofemoral cartilage damage. The third performed patellofemoral instability measurements. All three assessed femoral tunnel position with final result determined by majority consensus. Imaging findings were evaluated in the setting of post-operative pain, patellofemoral arthritis, and MPFL graft failure including need for MPFL revision. Statistics included chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, t test, and kappa. Results Mean graft thickness was 6.0 ± 1.8 mm; 24% of the grafts were diffusely hypointense. Mean femoral tunnel widening was 2.5 ± 1.8 mm; 34% of the femoral screws were broken or extruded. Fifty-two percent of the patients had no interval cartilage change. Non-anatomic femoral tunnels were found in 66% of patients, including in all 9 patients requiring revision MPFL reconstruction (p = 0.013). Revised MPFL grafts had more abnormal femoral screws compared to those that did not (67% vs. 24%) (p = 0.019). Other MR features did not significantly influence the evaluated outcomes. Conclusion The need for revision MPFL reconstruction occurs more frequently when there is a non-anatomic femoral tunnel and broken or extruded femoral screws. The appearance of the MPFL graft itself is not an influencing factor for post-operative pain, progression of patellofemoral arthritis, or graft failure..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

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Skeletal radiology - 50(2020), 5 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 981-991

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wong, Tony T. [VerfasserIn]
Denning, John [VerfasserIn]
Moy, Matthew P. [VerfasserIn]
Rasiej, Michael J. [VerfasserIn]
Redler, Lauren H. [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Christopher S. [VerfasserIn]
Popkin, Charles A. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Graft failure
MPFL reconstruction
MRI
Medial patellofemoral ligament
Post-operative knee

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© ISS 2020

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10.1007/s00256-020-03655-x

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OLC2124655604

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