MRI Evaluation for Post-Traumatic Knee Joint Injuries
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Living with healthy knee joint makes life beautiful, enjoyable and enables to fulfill many dreams that cannot be achieved in the presence of pain that accompanies the traumatic injuries and other knee joint diseases. The aim of this study was to find out the diagnostic value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of post-traumatic knee joint condition. 85 traumatic patient subjected to (MRI) were evaluated retrospectively, data was collected between (2014) and (2015). There was 26 females and 59 males, age range, (13-68) years with a mean age of (2.96). A total number of (85) patients complaining of trauma related knee joint, 6 patients (7.1%) were evaluated with normal MRI findings and 79 patients (93.1%) with abnormal findings. Among the 79 patients who had knee injuries, 20 patients (23.5%) had ACL, following 17 patients (20,1%) had meniscal tears, 14 patients (16.5%) had MCL, 10 patients (11.8%) had kneecap fractures, 6 patients (7.1%) had PCL, 5 patients (5.9%) had tendon tears, 4 patients (4.7%) had kneecap dislocation and 3 patients (3.5%) were diagnosed with sprains.
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Ikhlas O. Saeed
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