Assessment of Osteonecrosis in the Presence of Instrumentation for Femoral Neck Fracture Using Contrast-Enhanced MAVRIC Sequence.

Nadja A Farshad-AmackerMatthew F KoffJonathan P DykeLionel E LazaroParina ShahDean G LorichHollis G Potter

Published in: HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery (2015)

Radiographs could not detect ON following metallic fixation of FNF. MAVRIC is more sensitive than FSE for determining the volume of ON. SI measurements using MAVRIC may provide an indirect assessment of perfusion.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
minimally invasive