Fat Fractions of the Rotator Cuff Muscles Acquired With 2-Point Dixon MRI: Predicting Outcome After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to quantify and compare fat fraction (FF) and muscle volume between patients with failed and intact rotator cuff (RC) repair as well as a control group with nonsurgical conservative treatment to define FF cutoff values for predicting the outcome of RC repair.

Materials and methods

Patients with full-thickness RC tears who received magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before and after RC repair including a 2-point Dixon sequence were retrospectively screened. Patients with retear of 1 or more tendons diagnosed on MRI (Sugaya IV-V) were enrolled and matched to patients with intact RC repair (Sugaya I-II) and to a third group with conservatively treated RC tears. Two radiologists evaluated morphological features (Cofield, Patte, and Goutallier),

SUBMITTER: Feuerriegel GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882186 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature