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A new method for diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament tear: MRI with maximum flexion of knee in the prone position

A new method for diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament tear: MRI with maximum flexion of knee in the prone position

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR1900022493
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-04-13
Start date
2017-01-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-04-15

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Conditions

Anterior cruciate ligament rupture

Interventions

Gold Standard:arthroscopic surgery findings
Index test:full extension MRI

Sponsors

Sirnak state hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 39 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Knee MRI (General electric Optima MR 360 1.5 Tesla, USA) was requested to the patients with a suspicion of partial ACL lesion, meniscal tear, and chondral lesion, who applied to the outpatient clinic between 2017 and 2018 at Nam?k Kemal University Health Application and Research Center. Among 45 patients of these patients who were diagnosed as having partial ACL tear according to MRI, a total of 22 patients were operated who could undergo MRI position and had an additional surgical indication at the same time (meniscus tear, cartilage injury) required for arthroscopic surgery and were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The patients, who had no additional pathology (meniscus tears, cartilage injury) despite having a suspicion of a partial tear determined in the MRI in the normal position, these patients were excluded from the study without any further investigation. In addition, patients who had previously undergone arthroscopic or open knee surgery and had multiple ligament damages, patients with inflammatory arthritis, patients with MRI in the inappropriate position were not included in the study.

Countries

Turkey

Contacts

Public Contactburak gunaydin

tekirdag namik kemal university

docburak@gmail.com+90 50 57887965

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026