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Assessing osteonecrosis of the femoral head after internal fixation of femoral neck fractures: MARS MRI versus conventional radiography and patient-reported outcomes

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    • Contributors:
      Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section III, Orthopaedics (Lund), Lunds universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund, Sektion III, Ortopedi, Lund, Originator; Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Orthopedics, Lunds universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Malmö, Ortopedi, Originator
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background and purpose — Little is known on the use of metal artifact reduction sequence (MARS) MRI to diagnose osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) after fixation of femoral neck fractures (FNF) with conventional metal implants present. We compared MARS MRI with radiography in diagnosing ONFH. Secondarily, we determined whether signs of ONFH on MARS MRI correlate with patient-reported outcomes (PROs) via Oxford Hip Score (OHS) and pain (VAS). Patients and methods — 30 adults under 60 years treated with internal fixation after FNF were prospectively included (2015–2018) at 2 hospitals. They were followed up with radiography and PROs at 4, 12, and 24 months and MARS MRI at 4 and 12 months. OHS < 34 or VAS pain > 20 was considered significant. Results — At 12 months, 14 patients had a pathological MRI. 3 of 14 had ONFH on radiographs at 12 months, increasing to 5 at 24 months, and 4 had unfavorable PROs. 2 of 5 patients with ONFH signs on both MRI and radiography had unfavorable PROs. 1 of 10 patients with normal MRI and radiography had unfavorable 2-year PROs. 4 patients had inconsistent MRI results, of which 1 developed ONFH. 1 patient dropped out. Conclusion — Information from a pathological MRI was not useful, as a majority remained free from symptoms and ONFH signs on radiographs. Furthermore, PROs did not correlate with imaging results. MARS MRI findings must be better understood before being taken into clinical practice. However, a normal MARS MRI seems to be a good prog-nostic finding.