Medial Posterior Meniscal Root Tears Are Associated with Development or Worsening of Medial Tibiofemoral Cartilage Damage: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study.
Guermazi, Ali ; Hayashi, Daichi ; Jarraya, Mohamed ; Roemer, Frank W ; Zhang, Yuqing ; Niu, Jingbo ; Crema, Michel D ; Englund, Martin LU
; Lynch, John A
and Nevitt, Michael C
, et al.
(2013)
In Radiology
268(3).
p.814-821
- Abstract
- Purpose:To assess the association of meniscal root tear with the development or worsening of tibiofemoral cartilage damage.Materials and Methods:Institutional review board approval and written informed consent from all subjects were obtained. A total of 596 knees with radiographically depicted osteoarthritis were randomly selected from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis study cohort. Cartilage damage was semiquantitatively assessed by using the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS) system (grades 0-6). Subjects were separated into three groups: root tear only, meniscal tear without root tear, and neither meniscal nor root tear. A log-binomial regression model was used to calculate the relative risks for knees to develop incident... (More)
- Purpose:To assess the association of meniscal root tear with the development or worsening of tibiofemoral cartilage damage.Materials and Methods:Institutional review board approval and written informed consent from all subjects were obtained. A total of 596 knees with radiographically depicted osteoarthritis were randomly selected from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis study cohort. Cartilage damage was semiquantitatively assessed by using the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS) system (grades 0-6). Subjects were separated into three groups: root tear only, meniscal tear without root tear, and neither meniscal nor root tear. A log-binomial regression model was used to calculate the relative risks for knees to develop incident or progressing cartilage damage in the root tear group and the meniscal tear group, with the no tear group serving as a reference.Results:In the medial tibiofemoral joint, there were 37 knees with isolated medial posterior root tear, 294 with meniscal tear without root tear, and 264 without meniscal or root tear. There were only two lateral posterior root tears, and no anterior root tears were found. Thus, the focus was on the medial posterior root tear. The frequency of severe cartilage damage (WORMS ≥5) was higher in the group with root tear than in the group without root or meniscal tear (76.7% vs 19.7%, P < .0001) but not in the group with meniscal but no root tear (76.7% vs 65.2%, P = .055). Longitudinal analyses included 33 knees with isolated medial posterior root tear, 270 with meniscal tear, and 245 with no tear. Adjusted relative risk of cartilage loss was 2.03 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.18, 3.48) for the root tear group and 1.84 (95% CI: 1.32, 2.58) for the meniscal tear group.Conclusion:Isolated medial posterior meniscal root tear is associated with incident and progressive medial tibiofemoral cartilage loss.© RSNA, 2013. (Less)
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- Guermazi, Ali
; Hayashi, Daichi
; Jarraya, Mohamed
; Roemer, Frank W
; Zhang, Yuqing
; Niu, Jingbo
; Crema, Michel D
; Englund, Martin
LU
; Lynch, John A
and Nevitt, Michael C
, et al. (More)
- Guermazi, Ali
; Hayashi, Daichi
; Jarraya, Mohamed
; Roemer, Frank W
; Zhang, Yuqing
; Niu, Jingbo
; Crema, Michel D
; Englund, Martin
LU
; Lynch, John A
; Nevitt, Michael C
; Torner, James C
; Lewis, Cora E
and Felson, David T
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- Radiological Society of North America
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- pmid:23696679
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- 1527-1315
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- 10.1148/radiol.13122544
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- English
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abstract = {{Purpose:To assess the association of meniscal root tear with the development or worsening of tibiofemoral cartilage damage.Materials and Methods:Institutional review board approval and written informed consent from all subjects were obtained. A total of 596 knees with radiographically depicted osteoarthritis were randomly selected from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis study cohort. Cartilage damage was semiquantitatively assessed by using the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS) system (grades 0-6). Subjects were separated into three groups: root tear only, meniscal tear without root tear, and neither meniscal nor root tear. A log-binomial regression model was used to calculate the relative risks for knees to develop incident or progressing cartilage damage in the root tear group and the meniscal tear group, with the no tear group serving as a reference.Results:In the medial tibiofemoral joint, there were 37 knees with isolated medial posterior root tear, 294 with meniscal tear without root tear, and 264 without meniscal or root tear. There were only two lateral posterior root tears, and no anterior root tears were found. Thus, the focus was on the medial posterior root tear. The frequency of severe cartilage damage (WORMS ≥5) was higher in the group with root tear than in the group without root or meniscal tear (76.7% vs 19.7%, P < .0001) but not in the group with meniscal but no root tear (76.7% vs 65.2%, P = .055). Longitudinal analyses included 33 knees with isolated medial posterior root tear, 270 with meniscal tear, and 245 with no tear. Adjusted relative risk of cartilage loss was 2.03 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.18, 3.48) for the root tear group and 1.84 (95% CI: 1.32, 2.58) for the meniscal tear group.Conclusion:Isolated medial posterior meniscal root tear is associated with incident and progressive medial tibiofemoral cartilage loss.© RSNA, 2013.}},
author = {{Guermazi, Ali and Hayashi, Daichi and Jarraya, Mohamed and Roemer, Frank W and Zhang, Yuqing and Niu, Jingbo and Crema, Michel D and Englund, Martin and Lynch, John A and Nevitt, Michael C and Torner, James C and Lewis, Cora E and Felson, David T}},
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publisher = {{Radiological Society of North America}},
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title = {{Medial Posterior Meniscal Root Tears Are Associated with Development or Worsening of Medial Tibiofemoral Cartilage Damage: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study.}},
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