Medial Posterior Meniscal Root Tears Are Associated with Development or Worsening of Medial Tibiofemoral Cartilage Damage: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

作者：Ali Guermazi, Daichi Hayashi, Mohamed Jarraya, Frank W. Roemer, Yuqing Zhang, Jingbo Niu, M.D. Crema, Martin Englund, J.A. Lynch, Michael C. Nevitt, James C. Torner, Cora E. Lewis, David T. Felson · 发表于：Radiology · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.1148/radiol.13122544 · 被引用次数：139 · 研究领域：Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms、Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes、Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques

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 knee...