Comparison of Sonography and MRI in Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Injuries

Sied Kazem Razavi Ratki; Masoud Nakhaie-Nejad; Nasim Namiranian; Hamid reza Shafai Arani; Mona Ghasemian; Reza Nafisi-Moghadam

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Comparison of Sonography and MRI in Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Injuries

Sied Kazem Razavi Ratki, Masoud Nakhaie-Nejad, Nasim Namiranian, Hamid reza Shafai Arani, Mona Ghasemian, Reza Nafisi-Moghadam

Received: 15 July 2015 Accepted: 24 July 2015 Published: 28 July 2015

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Background and Objectives: Rotator cuff injuries are problems commonly encountered in athletic and non-athletic patients. Its definite diagnosis is also important. Accordingly, this study was performed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultra-sonography (US) compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in cases with suspicion of rotator cuff injuries. Methods and materials: In this prospective comparative study, 130 patients who had undergone shoulder arthroscopy and open rotator cuff repairing and confirm rotator cuff tears have been enrolled and evaluated with both ultrasonography and MRI methods. Results: The overall sensitivity (95% confidence interval[CI]) of US was 87.64% (78.55-93.37), the specificity (95%CI) was 89.02% (61.24-95.45). The overall sensitivity (95% confidence interval) of MRI was 91.31% (75.47-94.4) and the specificity (95%CI) of MRI was 83.02% (61.23-91.45). There was no statistical significance between sensitivity of two methods (p-value: 0.092). Conclusions: Totally, according to our findings and comparison with other similar studies, it could be concluded that ultrasonography has a good diagnostic modality in patients suspicious to rotator cuff tearing compared with MRI as a more diagnostic imaging test. Accordingly, its use is recommended in patients suspicious to have rotator cuff tearing

DOI	10.11648/j.ijcems.20150103.11
Published in	International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences (Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2015)
Page(s)	35-37
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Rotator Cuff Tearing, Ultrasonography, MRI

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Sied Kazem Razavi Ratki

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Masoud Nakhaie-Nejad

Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Nasim Namiranian

Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Hamid reza Shafai Arani

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Mona Ghasemian

Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Reza Nafisi-Moghadam

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

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AU  - Sied Kazem Razavi Ratki
AU  - Masoud Nakhaie-Nejad
AU  - Nasim Namiranian
AU  - Hamid reza Shafai Arani
AU  - Mona Ghasemian
AU  - Reza Nafisi-Moghadam
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