Abstract:The aim of the study was to assess the inter-rater reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in comparison to computed tomography (CT) and wrist arthroscopy in patients with scapholunate (SLAC) or scaphoid non-union advanced collapse (SNAC) as well as to evaluate a grading score of cartilage lesions. A total of 42 patients (36 male, 6 female) at a mean age of 45 years (range: 19–65 years) with a SLAC or SNAC wrist who had a preoperative MRI and CT scan as well as underwent arthroscopy of the wrist betwee… Show more
“…A study by Ochman et al (2017) confirmed that the 3.0 T MRI examination with a wrist coil is promising for cartilage assessment and is a much more accurate diagnosis tool compared with the 1.5 T MRI examination. Terzis et al (2021) also demonstrated a strong correlation between 3.0 T MRI and wrist arthroscopy in the assessment of cartilage lesions. They concluded that MRI is a useful diagnostic tool for cartilage assessment in patients with SNAC or SLAC wrist.…”
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confidence: 68%
“…Although arthroscopy remains the gold standard for detecting cartilaginous lesions, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful diagnostic tool for cartilaginous lesions of the wrist (Terzis et al., 2021). As treatment can be influenced by the SNAC stage, it is important to assess if the distribution of cartilage damage associated with SNAC follows the same pattern.…”
This study aimed to evaluate the distribution and severity of cartilage damage using magnetic resonance imaging in patients with scaphoid nonunion without advanced wrist arthritis. We retrospectively analysed MRI of patients who underwent osteosynthesis for scaphoid nonunion. Cartilage damage was assessed in eight wrist regions using a modified Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score. The frequencies of regions affected by any cartilage damage (Score ≥2.5) depicted on MRI were analysed. The study included 32 patients (31 men and one woman), with a mean age of 32 years (SD 11). The distal radioscaphoid (29/32), scaphotrapeziotrapezoid (STT) (22/32), proximal radioscaphoid (14/32) and scaphocapitate (11/32) joints were most commonly affected by degenerative cartilage damage. The STT and proximal radioscaphoid joint were especially likely to be involved in early-stage scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse. We recommend that surgeons should investigate the cartilage status of these joints during decision-making for scaphoid nonunion surgery. Level of evidence: III
“…A study by Ochman et al (2017) confirmed that the 3.0 T MRI examination with a wrist coil is promising for cartilage assessment and is a much more accurate diagnosis tool compared with the 1.5 T MRI examination. Terzis et al (2021) also demonstrated a strong correlation between 3.0 T MRI and wrist arthroscopy in the assessment of cartilage lesions. They concluded that MRI is a useful diagnostic tool for cartilage assessment in patients with SNAC or SLAC wrist.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 68%
“…Although arthroscopy remains the gold standard for detecting cartilaginous lesions, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful diagnostic tool for cartilaginous lesions of the wrist (Terzis et al., 2021). As treatment can be influenced by the SNAC stage, it is important to assess if the distribution of cartilage damage associated with SNAC follows the same pattern.…”
This study aimed to evaluate the distribution and severity of cartilage damage using magnetic resonance imaging in patients with scaphoid nonunion without advanced wrist arthritis. We retrospectively analysed MRI of patients who underwent osteosynthesis for scaphoid nonunion. Cartilage damage was assessed in eight wrist regions using a modified Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score. The frequencies of regions affected by any cartilage damage (Score ≥2.5) depicted on MRI were analysed. The study included 32 patients (31 men and one woman), with a mean age of 32 years (SD 11). The distal radioscaphoid (29/32), scaphotrapeziotrapezoid (STT) (22/32), proximal radioscaphoid (14/32) and scaphocapitate (11/32) joints were most commonly affected by degenerative cartilage damage. The STT and proximal radioscaphoid joint were especially likely to be involved in early-stage scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse. We recommend that surgeons should investigate the cartilage status of these joints during decision-making for scaphoid nonunion surgery. Level of evidence: III
“…For all snail genera, snail abundance reported by the CSs were positively correlated with those obtained by the expert. However, the correlation values were lower than those reported in other studies about intercoder reliability [68][69][70]. Nevertheless, most of these studies focus on medical diagnosis, which involves fewer categories of classification, and therefore fewer opportunities for disagreement.…”
Section: Can Citizens Reliably Monitor Snail Abundance In Given Site/...mentioning
Introduction
Schistosomiasis and fasciolosis are snail-borne diseases of great medical and veterinary health importance. The World Health Organization recommends complementing drug treatment with snail control and community involvement for disease elimination, but there is a general lack of snail experts and hence snail distribution data. Therefore, we adopted a citizen science approach and involved citizens in the monitoring of medically and veterinary important snail taxa.
Materials and methods
Snail data was collected weekly by 25 trained citizen scientists (CSs) at 76 sites around southern Lake Albert (Uganda) for 20 months. At each site, snails were searched for 30 minutes, sorted, target snail hosts identified to genus level, counted and data submitted through a smartphone application. The quality of this data was assessed by comparing it to monthly data collected by an ‘expert’ malacologist using the same sampling protocol. Generalised binomial logistic and linear mixed-effects models were used to analyse the variables for agreement between the CSs and expert.
Findings
The binary agreement in presence/absence of Biomphalaria, Bulinus and Radix snails reported by the expert and CSs ranged between 70% and 86% (900 reports) with an average of 17% false negatives (sites wrongly defined as snail-free). The agreement for Biomphalaria and Radix increased with snail abundance, and false negatives decreased when the number of snails collected by citizens was aggregated per month. Site type significantly predicted binary agreement, which was lowest at lake sites (55%) and highest at spring sites (99%) with variations across genera. Similar temporal trends in snail abundance were recorded despite the expert reporting higher abundance. However, the relative abundance was consistent across site types. The match between the sites with highest Biomphalaria spp. abundance identified by CSs and expert was consistently high (~84.1%) and increased over time.
Conclusions and recommendations
Our results demonstrate the potential of citizen science to map putative schistosomiasis transmission sites. We therefore argue that this inclusive, powerful and cost-effective approach can be more sustainable than top-down monitoring and intervention campaigns.
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