Validación de Resonancia Magnética en meniscopatías comparado con Artroscopia. Pacientes de traumatología del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. Cuenca. 2016-2017

Abstract

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging method not invasive successfully values the meniscopathies, contributing significantly in their diagnosis and avoiding unnecessary performing arthroscopy. General objective: determine the validity of the study of MRI for diagnosing the meniscopathies compared to arthroscopy in patients of Traumatology service at Hospital “José Carrasco Arteaga” from Cuenca, between April 2016 and March 2017. Methodology: validation study of a diagnostic test, by which patients were evaluated clinically diagnosed meniscopathy, treated at Hospital “José Carrasco Arteaga” from Cuenca, between April 2016 and March 2017. The MRI findings were compared with subsequent arthroscopic examination, such information was collected through a form. As soon as the Chi2 statistical analysis was used to establish association between variables and cross tabulations to validate diagnostic tests, safety level 95% by SPSS statistical software 22 and Epidat 3.1. Result: there is a similar diagnostic validity of MRI for diagnosis of meniscopathies, compared with arthroscopy. Conclusions and recommendations: research conducted confirms that the MRI is the most useful non-invasive technique for diagnosing meniscopathies, with high sensitivity and specificity. In the future, the search continues improving the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in detecting meniscopathies, using higher power magnetic fields and sequences more specific