An evaluation of a novel method for the MRI-based assessment of Caton-Deschamps index in the Knee.

Yannick PalmowskiTobias JungSarah HellwigStephan OehmeStephen FahyBenjamin Bartek

Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2024)

The assessment of CDI on MRI using a cross-sectional imaging method has a better correlation with traditional X-Ray assessment of CDI than single-slice assessment. This is particularly true in patients with elevated TT-TG and as such should be preferentially used in the assessment of Patellar height in this cohort.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
total knee arthroplasty
body mass index
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
fluorescence imaging