THE ROLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF DEFORMING ARTHROSIS OF PROFESSIONAL ETIOLOGY IN MINERS

• Published in: Eureka (Tallin) 2018-09, Vol.5 (5), p.3-11
• Main Authors: Basanets, Angela, Bulavko, Maria
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cartilage; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging
• ISSN: 2504-5660; 2504-5679
• DOI: 10.21303/2504-5679.2018.00730

The paper analyzes the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging with cartilage diagram in diagnosing signs of professional deforming arthrosis of knee joints in miners working in conditions of significant physical loading. Aim of the research – to determine of diagnostic efficiency of indicators of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee joint and cartilage diagram in miners of the main occupations suffering from deforming arthrosis. Methods. The research is conducted in 30 miners of basic occupations: 20 mining workers of breakage face (MWBF) and 10 machinists of shearer mining machines (МSMM) have been treated in the inpatient department of occupational pathology of the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital in 2015-2017 due to deforming arthrosis. Damages of the main anatomical elements of the knee joint with arthrosis were analyzed, visualized initially with the help of MRI, and then - cartilage diagram. Results. According to the MRI data, in miners of the main occupations with arthrosis of the knee joint the posterior cross-shaped ligament are most commonly affected (in 75.0±9.7 % MWBF and 70.0±14.5 % МSMM), damage to the medial collateral ligament are diagnosed less frequently (in 5.0±4.9 % in the MWBF and in 10.0±9.5 % in the МSMM). On average 3.8±0.4 modified elements of the knee joint are visualized in patients, whereas 4.8±0.1 affected areas are visualized on the cartilage diagram (р