Nadja Alexandra
Farshad-Amacker1, Matthew F. Koff2, Jonathan P. Dyke3,
Lionel E. Lazaro4, Dean Lorich4, Hollis G. Potter2
1MRI
Research Laboratory, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY , United
States; 2MRI Research Laboratory, Hospital for Special Surgery,
New York, NY, United States; 3Department of Radiology, Weill
Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States; 4Department
of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United
States
Standardized radiographs markedly underestimate the incidence of osteonecrosis (ON) after fixation of femoral neck fractures. ON was identified using MAVRIC sequence in 75% of the patients, in 60% using FSE images and <1% using conventional radiographs. There was a significant underestimation of the identified ON volume using FSE compared to MAVRIC sequence (p=0.001).