MRI findings of spring ligament injury: association with surgical findings and flatfoot deformity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spring ligament injury is an important cause for flatfoot deformity; however, reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of spring ligament injury is still ambiguous.

Purpose

To investigate the reliability of MRI findings for the diagnosis of spring ligament injury.

Material and methods

Forty-three cases with spring ligament injury proven by surgery and 29 control cases were enrolled. The spring ligament complex was demonstrated on proton density-weighted images reconstructed from 3D-isotropic MRI data. The presence of waviness, discontinuity, and abnormally high signal intensity of the spring ligament complex was evaluated by two radiologists in cooperation. Also, injury of the posterior tibial tendon (PTT) on MRI and the lateral talo-1st met

SUBMITTER: Kimura Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739123 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature