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Song YD, Jain NP, Kim SJ, et al. Is Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overutilized in Current Practice?. Knee Surg Relat Res. 2015;27(2):95-100doi: 10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.2.95.
Song, Y. D., Jain, N. P., Kim, S. J., Kwon, S. K., Chang, M. J., Chang, C. B., & Kim, T. K. (2015). Is Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overutilized in Current Practice?. Knee surgery & related research, 27(2), 95-100. https://doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.2.95
Song, Young Dong, et al. "Is Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overutilized in Current Practice?." Knee surgery & related research vol. 27,2 (2015): 95-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.2.95
Song YD, Jain NP, Kim SJ, Kwon SK, Chang MJ, Chang CB, Kim TK. Is Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overutilized in Current Practice?. Knee Surg Relat Res. 2015 Jun;27(2):95-100. doi: 10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.2.95. Epub 2015 Jun 01. PMID: 26060608; PMCID: PMC4458489.
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Knee Surg Relat Res. 2015 Jun;27(2):95-100. doi: 10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.2.95. Epub 2015 Jun 01.

Is Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overutilized in Current Practice?.

Knee surgery & related research

Young Dong Song, Nimesh Prakash Jain, Seok Jin Kim, Sae Kwang Kwon, Moon Jong Chang, Chong Bum Chang, Tae Kyun Kim

Affiliations

  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sinwoo Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Reconstruction Center, Yonsei Sarang Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.
  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 26060608 PMCID: PMC4458489 DOI: 10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.2.95

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine what proportion of patients visiting a tertiary knee clinic had pre-obtained knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to assess the impact of pre-obtained knee MRI on the selection of treatment plans.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Six hundred and eighty patients were enrolled from patients who visited our knee clinic during a 6-month period. The proportion of patients with pre-obtained knee MRI was calculated, and associations of sociodemographic factors, disease category, and finally selected treatment options with knee MRI pre-obtainment were investigated. A utility assessment panel of five orthopaedic surgeons was formed and established utility assessment criteria. Two rounds of utility assessment (before and after MRI review) were performed.

RESULTS: Of the 680 patients, 185 (27%) had pre-obtained knee MRI. In the first round of utility assessment, 39%, 18%, and 43% of the 185 knee MRIs were evaluated as useful, equivocal, and arguably useless, respectively, and almost identical results were obtained in the second round. The proportion of assessed 'useful MRI' was higher in sports related injury (84%) and other conditions (91%) than in degenerative joint disease (18%) and nonspecific knee pain (31%). Utility assessment results among panels varied little for practice patterns and education duration.

CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests clinicians should reconsider and counsel patients the expected utility of knee MRI acquisition.

Keywords: Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Overuse

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