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Q: What are the common applications of Arthrography?

Arthrography is commonly used to evaluate joint injuries, arthritis, and other joint-related disorders. It can provide valuable information about the integrity of joint structures, the presence of tears or lesions, and the extent of joint disease. Arthrography is particularly useful in assessing the knees, shoulders, hips, and other major joints.

Arthrography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the internal structures of joints, particularly the synovial joints.
It involves the injection of a contrast agent, such as a radiopaque dye or gas, into the joint space, followed by imaging using techniques like X-ray, CT, or MRI.
Arthrography can provide valuable information about joint anatomy, pathology, and function, aiding in the diagnosis and management of various musculoskeletal conditions.
This non-invasive procedure is commonly used to evaluate joint injuries, arthritis, and other joint-related disorders.
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Biomechanics of Dysplastic Acetabular Labrum

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Publication 2011

Acetabulum Anatomic Landmarks Arthrography Body Weight Bone Density Bones Cartilage Cartilages, Articular Collagen Compact Bone Dietary Fiber Females Femur Fibrosis Friction Heel Hip Dysplasia Human Body Interfacial Force Iohexol Joints Lidocaine Hydrochloride Males Muscle Rigidity Natural Springs Normal Volunteers Omnipaque Pain Patients Pelvis Permeability Pubic Bone Radiography Sacroiliac Joint simo Strains Stress Fibers Synovial Fluid Tomography, Spiral Computed Traction Vision

Evaluating Acetabular Dysplasia with CT Arthrography

Volunteers were recruited to match the age, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of patients with acetabular dysplasia commonly treated at our clinic. An institutional review board approved this study, and informed consent was received from 16 volunteers (7 female, 9 male) with no history of hip pain or disease.
One hip from each subject was selected randomly to receive a CT arthrogram. The hip capsule was injected with ~20 ml of a diluted contrast agent (2:1 lidocaine to OMNIPAQUE® 350, GE Healthcare Inc, Princeton, NJ) under fluoroscopic guidance. Multi-detector CT scans of the entire pelvis and both femurs were obtained within 10 mins of injection (120 kVp, 100–400 mAs, 512×512 matrix, 1.0 pitch, 300–400 mm FOV, 1.0 mm slice thickness) using a Siemens SOMATOM Definition CT Scanner. Joint traction was applied during the scan using a hare traction device to ensure that the contrast agent filled the joint space (Fig. 1a).
The CT images were read by a senior radiologist and an orthopaedic surgeon. The inclusion criteria required the hips to have a lateral center-edge angle between 25 and 40°,^{[21 (link),22 ]} acetabular index angle (acetabular inclination or Tonnis angle) between 0 and 10°,^{[23 (link),24 ]} qualitatively normal joint congruity, bone sphericity and cartilage morphology, and no signs of OA. CT images needed to show distribution of contrast sufficient to distinguish acetabular and femoral cartilage (Fig. 1a). Based on these criteria, 6 subjects were excluded. For the remaining 10 (5 female, 5 male), the lateral center-edge angle was 33.5±5.4° and acetabular index was 4.6±3.7°. Age, weight and BMI were 26±4 yrs, 70.0±13.9 kg and 23±3.8, respectively.

Harris M.D., Anderson A.E., Henak C.R., Ellis B.J., Peters C.L, & Weiss J.A. (2011). Finite Element Prediction of Cartilage Contact Stresses in Normal Human Hips. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 30(7), 1133-1139.

Publication 2011

Acetabulum Arthrography Bones Capsule Cartilage CAT SCANNERS X RAY Coxa Ethics Committees, Research Femur Fluoroscopy Hares Hip Dysplasia Index, Body Mass Joints Lidocaine Males Medical Devices Omnipaque Orthopedic Surgeons Pain Patients Pelvis Radiologist Radionuclide Imaging Traction Voluntary Workers Woman

Comparative CT Analysis of Cam FAI

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Publication 2014

Arthrography Bones Cadaver Cartilage Cartilages, Articular CAT SCANNERS X RAY Congenital Abnormality Femur Groin Homo sapiens Index, Body Mass Injuries Pain Patients Pelvis Physical Examination Sclerosis Tomography, Spiral Computed X-Rays, Diagnostic

3D Reconstruction of Pelvis and Femur from CT

Computed Tomography (CT) arthrography images were acquired of each subject using a 128-section single-source CT machine (SOMATOM Definition™, Siemens Healthcare, Munich, Bavaria, Germany) following a published protocol^{14 (link), 17 (link)}. The scan included the entire pelvis and proximal femurs (1 mm slices, 120 kVp, 200-400 mAs) as well as the distal femur and proximal tibia (3 mm slices, 120 kVp, 150 mAs). Though arthrography (i.e. contrast enhancement) was not required to obtain 3D reconstructions of bone, it was performed to provide images of hip cartilage and labrum for ongoing studies. The CT images were semi-automatically segmented to generate 3D reconstructions of the pelvis and femur (Fig. 1A) using commercial software (Amira, v5.6, Visage Imaging, San Diego, CA). To ensure possible inflammation and pain from the arthrography procedure did not influence the motion analysis portion of the study, all CT scans were acquired after motion capture or at least four days prior to motion capture.

Fiorentino N.M., Kutschke M.J., Atkins P.R., Foreman K.B., Kapron A.L, & Anderson A.E. (2015). Accuracy of Functional and Predictive Methods to Calculate the Hip Joint Center in Young Non-pathologic Asymptomatic Adults with Dual Fluoroscopy as a Reference Standard. Annals of biomedical engineering, 44(7), 2168-2180.

Publication 2015

Arthrography Bones Cartilage Femur Inflammation Pain, Procedural Pelvis Radionuclide Imaging Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Tibia X-Ray Computed Tomography

Gait Biomechanics of Acetabular Dysplasia

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Publication 2017

Acceleration Acetabulum Arthrography Biologic Preservation Bones Cartilage CAT SCANNERS X RAY Clavicle Ethics Committees, Research Femur Femur Heads Hip Dysplasia Joints Lower Extremity Nexus Operative Surgical Procedures Patients Pelvis Radiologist Radionuclide Imaging Tears Vertebra Woman X-Rays, Diagnostic

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Shoulder Pain Diagnostic Assessment Protocol

For each clinical vignette, respondents had to indicate: 1- the associated shoulder pain diagnosis (RC tendinopathy, acute FT RC tear, chronic RC tear, glenohumeral osteoarthritis, glenohumeral instability, adhesive capsulitis, acromioclavicular disorders, shoulder pain referred from the neck or other) 2- if they would recommend any diagnostic imaging test (blood tests, X-ray, diagnostic MSK ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], magnetic resonance arthrography [MRA] or any other test) and for what reason they would recommend those tests (to confirm diagnosis, to exclude other diagnoses, to guide treatment or to decide on a specialist referral) and 3- if they would refer the patient to a medical MSK specialist (orthopaedic surgeon, rheumatologist, physiatrist, sport physician or any other medical specialist) at the initial consultation with the patient.

Lowry V., Lavigne P., Zidarov D., Perreault K., Roy J.S, & Desmeules F. (2023). Knowledge and appropriateness of care of family physicians and physiotherapists in the management of shoulder pain: a survey study in the province of Quebec, Canada. BMC Primary Care, 24, 49.

Publication 2023

Adhesive Capsulitis Arthrography Degenerative Arthritides Diagnosis Hematologic Tests Laceration Neck Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Orthopedic Surgeons Patients Physiatrists Physicians Radiography Rheumatologist Shoulder Pain Tendinopathy Tests, Diagnostic Ultrasonography

Tailoring Radiology Exam Readability

Nine documents, each describing a specific radiology examination, were obtained from Radiologyinfo.org. The nine exams included were bone X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine, MRI of the knee, MRI of the shoulder, MRI of the general musculoskeletal system (MSK), computed tomography (CT) of the spine, MSK ultrasound (US), direct arthrography (DA), and US-guided injection. With the aid of a freely accessible online readability tool (www.webfx.com/tools/read-able), each of these documents was translated from the original to three different reading levels. After adjusting sentence structure and word length, one version was written at a low reading level (below 7th grade), one at a middle reading level (high school: 8th–12th grade), and another at a high reading level (college level: higher than 12th grade). This online readability tool uses the Flesch-Kincaid model, which incorporates average sentence and word length to determine grade level with the following formula: [0.39 × (words/sentences) + 11.8 × (syllables/words) − 15.59] [9 ]. For grade level and word count of each document, see Table 1.Table 1

FKGL (Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level)

	Low		Middle		High
Exam type	FKGL	Word Ct	FKGL	Word Ct	FKGL	Word Ct
MRI MSK*	5.6	1227	9.2	1489	11.3	1464
MRI spine	5.5	1258	8.7	1373	11.4	1478
MRI should	5.5	1290	9	1578	11.1	1626
MRI knee	5.5	1262	9.3	1586	11	1568
CT spine	5.4	829	9.4	1012	12.7	1078
X-ray bone	5.4	432	10.4	479	13	524
US diagnostic MSK	5.4	454	8.2	521	10.3	620
US injection	5.4	656	8.9	885	10.7	989
DA	5.9	1633	10.3	1973	11.9	2086

^* MRI MSK included all general MRI exams and joints that did not fall under one of the other categories above

Brewer-Hofmann A., Sajjad S., Bekheet Z., Moy M.P, & Wong T.T. (2023). Factors influencing patient understanding of information on radiology examinations. Skeletal Radiology.

Publication 2023

Arthrography Bones Diagnosis Joints Knee Joint Musculoskeletal System Radiography Shoulder Ultrasonics Vertebral Column X-Ray Computed Tomography

Puncture Capsulotomy for Hip Arthroscopy

The protocol for this study was approved by our institutional review board. This
was a retrospective review of prospectively collected data on patients
undergoing hip arthroscopy via puncture capsulotomy by a single surgeon (S.D.M.)
between December 2013 and May 2019. The start date was determined as the time
point when the senior author started exclusively using the puncture capsulotomy
technique. The endpoint was chosen to ensure that all patients had a minimum of
2 years of clinical outcome data. All patients evaluated at the senior author’s
clinic with hip pain received hip/pelvis radiographs and a detailed physical
examination including provocative labral testing for evaluation of FAI.²⁰ Patients with positive findings on physical examination (ie, pain and/or
limited range of motion with flexion, adduction, and internal rotation [FADIR]
or flexion, abduction, and external rotation [FABER]) underwent magnetic
resonance arthrography, diagnostic/therapeutic intra-articular
anesthetic/corticosteroid injection, and a trial of a minimum of 3 months of
nonoperative therapy, including core-strengthening physical therapy. Patients
with persistent hip pain despite nonoperative therapy and evidence of labral
tear with or without FAI were offered hip arthroscopy. Per indications
previously reported in the literature,³¹ labral debridement was performed if the labral tear was degenerative,
hypoplastic, or isolated to a single plane involving <50% of the labrum.
Labral repair was implemented if there was sufficient remaining healthy labral
tissue for suture fixation or if the tear was complex with extension into the
chondrolabral junction.
Patients were included in the study if they met the following criteria: age ≥18
years and completed a minimum of 2 years of patient-reported outcome measure
(PROM) surveys postprocedure. As a result, this study evaluated 234 hips that
underwent arthroscopy via puncture capsulotomy between December 2013 and May
2019. A total of 163 hips met the retrospective inclusion criteria and were
subsequently included in the data analyses (Figure 1).

Eberlin C.T., Kucharik M.P., Abraham P.F., Nazal M.R., Conaway W.K., Varady N.H, & Martin S.D. (2023). Puncture Capsulotomy Technique for Hip Arthroscopy: Midterm Functional Outcomes. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 11(1), 23259671221144056.

Publication 2023

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Retrospective Study of Femoral Head Necrosis

This was an IRB-approved retrospective study of 26 patients (mean age 30 years, 14 men) with FHN diagnosed in a tertiary orthopedic university hospital. Diagnosis of FHN was established in patients with a history of hip symptoms at clinical examination. All patients underwent biplanar radiographic imaging with supine AP pelvis views and cross table lateral view and subsequent MRI of the hip. FHN was graded according to the commonly recommended 2019 ARCO grading [12 (link)]: I (negative x-rays): two hips; II (no fracture): four hips; IIIA (head collapse < 2 mm): 13 hips; IIIB (head collapse > 2 mm): 11 hips. Patients underwent preoperative MR arthrography at 3T (Skyra, Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany) for their hips including the application of traction according to a previously described technique [16 (link),17 (link)]. This included the acquisition of multiplanar proton-density (PD) weighted turbo spin-echo (TSE) imaging without fat saturation (coronal, radial and axial orientation) and a high-resolution axial-oblique 3D T1-weighted volume interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) sequence [18 (link)]. Sequence parameters for the coronal PD-w sequence were repetition time (TR)/echo time (TE), 2600/11 milliseconds (ms), slice thickness of 2 millimeters (mm), 170 × 170 mm field of view, matrix size of 269 × 384, acquisition time (AT) of 3 min. Sequence parameters for the 3D T1-w VIBE sequence were TR/TE, 15/3.3 ms, slice thickness of 0.8 mm, 160 × 160 mm field of view, matrix size of 192 × 192, and an acquisition time of 8:46 min.
Modified Kerboul angles were measured for each of the patients from the MR images, according to the method of Ha et al., where the greatest extension was assessed in the midcoronal and midsagittal planes and summed, since measuring from only the coronal plane is not as accurate in the quantification of necrosis [19 (link)]. Additionally, Tönnis scores to assess the degree of hip osteoarthritis were included, with grades from 0 (no osteoarthritis present) to 3 (large cysts, avascular necrosis, and severe narrowing of joint space) [20 (link),21 (link)] (Table 1).

Ruckli A.C., Nanavati A.K., Meier M.K., Lerch T.D., Steppacher S.D., Vuilleumier S., Boschung A., Vuillemin N., Tannast M., Siebenrock K.A., Gerber N, & Schmaranzer F. (2023). A Deep Learning Method for Quantification of Femoral Head Necrosis Based on Routine Hip MRI for Improved Surgical Decision Making. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(1), 153.

Publication 2023

ARCO Arthrography Avascular Necrosis of Bone Coxa Cyst Degenerative Arthritides Diagnosis ECHO protocol Fracture, Bone Head Joints Necrosis Osteoarthritis Of Hip Patients Pelvis Physical Examination Protons Saturated Fatty Acid Shock Traction X-Rays, Diagnostic

Rotator Cuff Tear Evaluation Protocol

Independent observers blinded to the study design collected patients’ age, activity level, type of work, tobacco use, as well as Constant score [5 (link)] and Subjective Shoulder Value (SSV) [10 (link)]. Rotator cuff muscle quality was assessed using computed tomography arthrography (CTA) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine tear size according to Cofield [4 (link)], sagittal tendon retraction according to Patte [21 (link)], and degree of fatty infiltration using the modified Goutallier classification [11 (link)].

Cikes A., Kadri F., van Rooij F, & Lädermann A. (2023). Aquatic therapy following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair enables faster improvement of Constant score than land-based therapy or self-rehabilitation therapy. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 10, 2.

Publication 2023

Arthrography Laceration Muscle Tissue Patients Rotator Cuff Shoulder Tendons X-Ray Computed Tomography

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What is Arthrography and how does it work?

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What are the different variations or types of Arthrography?

There are several variations of Arthrography, including: 1. Conventional Arthrography: Involves the injection of a radiopaque contrast agent into the joint space, followed by X-ray imaging. 2. Computed Tomography (CT) Arthrography: Uses CT imaging to visualize the joint after contrast agent injection. 3. Magnetic Resonance (MR) Arthrography: Utilizes MRI to image the joint after the injection of a contrast agent.

What are some common challenges in performing Arthrography?

Some common challenges in performing Arthrography include: 1. Ensuring proper injection technique to avoid complications like joint infection or damage to surrounding structures. 2. Selecting the appropriate contrast agent and dosage for the specific joint and patient. 3. Interpreting the imaging results accurately, as Arthrography findings can be complex and require expertise. 4. Minimizing patient discomfort and pain during the procedure.

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