Role of MRI Arthrography Compared to Conventional MRI in Assessment of Shoulder Joint Disorders

Abstract

Glenohumeral joint instability is extremely common. With regard to primary anterior shoulder dislocations, the incidence is between 8.2 and 23.9 per 100 000 person-years, with an estimated prevalence of 1.7%. Many imaging methods, including arthrography, CT arthrography, MR arthrography, have been used to image the glenoid labrum and the associated structures of the capsular mechanism. The aim of the study is to prove MR arthrography is the preferred imaging technique for the investigation of patients with shoulder instability. MR arthrography reliably shows subtle lesions of the labroligamentous complex, providing information essential to the surgeon concerning the surgery or arthroscopic repair .Thirty Patients with clinically evident or suspected shoulder impingemint or glenohumeral instability.of both sexes were included , conventional MRI was performed for all patients followed by CT guided intraarticular contrast injection then MRI Arthrography images taken within thirty minutes. Data were collected, revised, coded and entered to the Statistical Package for Social Science (IBM SPSS) version 20.

Application Value of Magnetic Resonance Arthrography of the Shoulder in Nursing and Diagnosis of Patients with Shoulder Joint Injury

“…Xiao et al discussed the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance arthrography of the shoulder for partial rotator cuff tear [ 3 ]. Nassef et al proved that MR arthrography is the preferred imaging examination method for patients with shoulder instability [ 4 ]. Alaia et al discussed the standard MR imaging and arthrography protocols routinely used in clinical practice, as well as more innovative sequence and reconstruction techniques facilitated by the increase of high field intensity magnets and multichannel phased array surface coils and the combination of artificial intelligence [ 5 ].…”