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Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to evaluate the visibility of the knee’s anterolateral ligament (ALL) by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging when evaluating injuries of the ALL in relation to injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). METHODS: Two reviewers retrospectively analyzed MR images...

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Autores principales: Kızılgöz, Volkan, Sivrioğlu, Ali Kemal, Aydın, Hasan, Çetin, Türkhun, Ulusoy, Gökhan Ragıp
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060517740032
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author Kızılgöz, Volkan
Sivrioğlu, Ali Kemal
Aydın, Hasan
Çetin, Türkhun
Ulusoy, Gökhan Ragıp
author_facet Kızılgöz, Volkan
Sivrioğlu, Ali Kemal
Aydın, Hasan
Çetin, Türkhun
Ulusoy, Gökhan Ragıp
author_sort Kızılgöz, Volkan
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description OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to evaluate the visibility of the knee’s anterolateral ligament (ALL) by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging when evaluating injuries of the ALL in relation to injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). METHODS: Two reviewers retrospectively analyzed MR images for the visibility and dimensions of the ALL and the relationship between ALL and ACL injuries. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and kappa analysis were used to assess interobserver reliability. The chi-square test was used to assess the relationship between ALL and ACL injuries. RESULTS: The entire ALL was viewed on 82% of all MR images. The ICC for ALL visualization ranged from moderate to perfect between the two readers. There was almost perfect agreement between the reviewers when evaluating ALL dimensions. The mean length ± standard error, median thickness, and mean width ± standard error of the ALL were 36.5 ± 0.6 mm, 2.5 mm, and 8.2 ± 0.2 mm, respectively. A statistically significant relationship was observed between ALL and ACL injuries. CONCLUSION: The ALL was visible on most MR images, allowing ALL injuries to be noted during routine MR image interpretation. Radiologists should note concomitant ACL and ALL injuries as part of their assessments.
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spelling pubmed-60918442018-08-17 Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging Kızılgöz, Volkan Sivrioğlu, Ali Kemal Aydın, Hasan Çetin, Türkhun Ulusoy, Gökhan Ragıp J Int Med Res Clinical Reports OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to evaluate the visibility of the knee’s anterolateral ligament (ALL) by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging when evaluating injuries of the ALL in relation to injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). METHODS: Two reviewers retrospectively analyzed MR images for the visibility and dimensions of the ALL and the relationship between ALL and ACL injuries. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and kappa analysis were used to assess interobserver reliability. The chi-square test was used to assess the relationship between ALL and ACL injuries. RESULTS: The entire ALL was viewed on 82% of all MR images. The ICC for ALL visualization ranged from moderate to perfect between the two readers. There was almost perfect agreement between the reviewers when evaluating ALL dimensions. The mean length ± standard error, median thickness, and mean width ± standard error of the ALL were 36.5 ± 0.6 mm, 2.5 mm, and 8.2 ± 0.2 mm, respectively. A statistically significant relationship was observed between ALL and ACL injuries. CONCLUSION: The ALL was visible on most MR images, allowing ALL injuries to be noted during routine MR image interpretation. Radiologists should note concomitant ACL and ALL injuries as part of their assessments. SAGE Publications 2018-01-19 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6091844/ /pubmed/29350081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060517740032 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Kızılgöz, Volkan
Sivrioğlu, Ali Kemal
Aydın, Hasan
Çetin, Türkhun
Ulusoy, Gökhan Ragıp
Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
title Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
title_full Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
title_fullStr Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
title_short Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
title_sort assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 t magnetic resonance imaging
topic Clinical Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060517740032
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