Pitfalls in double contrast knee arthrography
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 53 (632) , 754-759
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-53-632-754
Abstract
Patients (242) investigated by double-contrast knee arthrography between 1973-1977 are reviewed. Of these 134 have come to arthrotomy and an initial arthrographic accuracy of 85% is reported. An attempt to explain the disparities betwen arthrography and arthrotomy has revealed that in half the cases (10 patients) there were simple reporting errors on the arthrograms. These are all false negative reports. The other group of 10 patients comprised presumed errors in arthrotomy interpretation in 4 and arthrographic interpretation or technical failure in 6. The causes and implications of these errors are analyzed and discussed.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Arthrography of the Knee: A Comparative Study of the Accuracy of Single and Double Contrast TechniquesRadiology, 1979
- Arthrography of the KneeClinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1975
- Epinephrine-Enhanced Knee ArthrographyRadiology, 1974