MRI of anterior cruciate ligament repair with patellar and hamstring tendon autografts.

Objective: Several MRI sequences were used to evaluate the 2-year postoperative appearance of asymptomatic knee with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructed with bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) and semitendinosus and gracilis (STG) tendon autografts.

Design And Patients: Two groups with successful repair of ACL tear with BTB (n = 10) or STG (n = 10) autografts were imaged at 1.5 T with sagittal and oblique coronal proton density-, T2-weighted and sagittal STIR sequences and plain and contrast-enhanced oblique coronal T1-weighted sequences.

MR imaging of overuse injuries of the Achilles tendon.

Objective: This study was conducted to illustrate and classify the abnormalities found on high-resolution MR imaging of symptomatic Achilles tendons in athletic adult patients.

Subjects And Methods: One hundred patients with 118 painful Achilles tendons were imaged with a 1.5-T magnet.

High-resolution MR imaging of the asymptomatic Achilles tendon: new observations.

Objective: Our aim was to describe the normal appearance of the Achilles tendon and peritendinous tissues in asymptomatic active volunteers using high-resolution MR imaging.

Materials And Methods: One hundred clinically asymptomatic Achilles tendons were imaged at 1.5 T with axial high-resolution T1-weighted gradient-echo (fast low-angle shot [FLASH]) and short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) sequences.

Magnetic resonance imaging during healing of surgically repaired Achilles tendon ruptures.

Twenty consecutive patients with 21 surgically repaired Achilles tendon ruptures were imaged with a 0.1-T magnet at 3 and 6 weeks, and at 3 and 6 months after surgery. Clinical follow-up examinations and functional tests were performed at the time of scanning.