Magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage repair procedures

Michael C Forney; Amit Gupta; Tom Minas; Carl S Winalski

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2014.07.008

Magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage repair procedures

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2014 Nov;22(4):671-701. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2014.07.008. Epub 2014 Nov 1.

Authors

Michael C Forney¹, Amit Gupta², Tom Minas³, Carl S Winalski⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Code: A21, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address: forneym@ccf.org.
² Section of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Code: A21, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cartilage Repair Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 850 Boylston Street, Suite 112, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
⁴ Section of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Code: A21, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.

PMID: 25442028
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2014.07.008

Abstract

Cartilage injuries in the knee are common and can be a persistent source of pain or dysfunction. Many new surgical strategies have been developed to treat these lesions. It is important for the radiologist to have an understanding of these procedures and their appearance on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This article provides the radiologist with an overview of the surgical strategies for repairing cartilage lesions in the knee followed by a discussion of their postoperative appearance on MR imaging in normal and abnormal cases. Guidelines for adequate reporting of the MR imaging findings after cartilage repair in the knee are also included.

Keywords: Cartilage repair; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cartilage, Articular / injuries*
Cartilage, Articular / pathology
Cartilage, Articular / surgery*
Humans
Knee Injuries / pathology*
Knee Injuries / surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Prognosis
Rupture / pathology
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Treatment Outcome