کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3381111 1220233 2008 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Knee joint ultrasonography of the ACLT rabbit experimental model of osteoarthritis: relevance and effectiveness in detecting meniscal lesions
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی ایمونولوژی، آلرژی و روماتولوژی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Knee joint ultrasonography of the ACLT rabbit experimental model of osteoarthritis: relevance and effectiveness in detecting meniscal lesions
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryObjectivesTo develop a protocol for rabbit knee joint ultrasonography (US); to grade ultrasonographically the meniscal injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) rabbit model of osteoarthritis (OA); to assess with US the effectiveness of the ACLT; to compare final US with macroscopy for the evaluation of medial and lateral meniscal injuries depending on the age and weight when ACLT is performed.MethodsTwenty-two skeletally mature and adolescent New Zealand white rabbits were housed during the same period at the Institut Claude-Bourgelat, Lyon, France. Surgical ACLT was performed in the left knee of nine adolescent and five adult rabbits. Final US and macroscopic semi-quantitative grading of the meniscal injuries were compared 5 months after ACLT.ResultsA standardised protocol was developed to evaluate the rabbit knee joint. US was performed in both control and ACLT knees. Normal and abnormal meniscal US appearances were described. A semi-quantitative scale to grade US meniscal injuries was created. Macroscopic and US total meniscal scores were significantly positively correlated (P < 0.001, r = 0.70). US detection of meniscal injuries was 92% sensitive and 87.5% specific compared to macroscopy. Positive and negative predictive values of US were, respectively, 92% and 87.5%. US detection of the ACLT effectiveness was 100% specific and 78.5% sensitive.ConclusionA significant relationship was found between ultrasonographic and macroscopic grading of meniscal injuries. US was both specific and sensitive in detecting meniscal lesions. We propose US as a non-invasive, non-expensive, in vivo imaging technique for preclinical studies in the ACLT rabbit OA model.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage - Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 470–479
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