Marc Banerjee, Jonas Müller-Hübenthal, Stefan Grimme, Maurice Balke, Bertil Bouillon, Rolf Lefering, Axel Goßmann, Sven Shafizadeh
PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study was to determine the value of shoulder magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) obtained in the community setting interpreted by musculoskeletal radiologists in patients with shoulder pain initiated by a single non-dislocating shoulder trauma. METHODS: In 56 of 61 consecutive patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopy due to pain after a single non-dislocating shoulder trauma, the data sets of non-contrast MRI were complete. These were retrospectively interpreted by three radiologists specialized on musculoskeletal MRI who were blinded for patients' history and who did not have access to the reports of arthroscopy...
June 2016: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy