• Injury · Nov 2023

    Diagnostic accuracy of MRI for detection of occult instability of type I anterior to posterior pelvic injuries.

    • Claudio Rojas, Aleksandar Munjin, Gonzalo Delgado, and Ernesto Ewertz.
    • Hospital del Trabajador de Santiago, Department of orthopaedic surgery. Ramón Carnicer 185, Santiago 7501239, Chile.
    • Injury. 2023 Nov 1; 54 Suppl 6: 110806110806.

    UnlabelledType I Young and Burgess anterior posterior compression (APC) pelvic injuries have been classically managed non operatively due to theoretical integrity of sacroiliac joint ligaments (SIJL), though examination under anesthesia (EUA) has been proven occult mechanical instability in up to 50% of these injuries.  We sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance (MRI) for detection of occult instability on APC-I injuries when compared to EUA.MethodsDiagnostic test study of prospectively recruited patients admitted with APC-I pelvic injuries between 2015 and 2022. All patients consented to participate in this study were subjected to MRI and EUA. The evaluators of each of these tests were blinded.  On MRI evaluation, SIJL were considered compromised when unilateral injury to anterior SIJL was visualized in three or more consecutive images or in bilateral injuries, when injury to the anterior SIJL in two or more consecutive images on each side was observed. Positive EUA was considered a symphyseal diastasis over 25 mm on stress fluoroscopy. Demographic data was collected as recruited and sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated. Confidence interval was set at 95%. EUA was considered the gold standard in statistical analysis.ResultsA total of 32 patients mean aged 36 (24-61) years were included. Mean symphyseal diastasis at admission was 17.58 (11 - 25) mm. The median time from injury to EUA was 5 (0-21) days. Positive EUA was observed on 20 patients and 25 patients  presented compromised SIJL. MRI presented a sensitivity of 95% (75.13% - 99.87%), specificity of 50% (21.09% - 78.91%), positive-predictive value of 73% (60.61% to 82.93%), negative-predictive value of 87% (48.66% - 98.08%).ConclusionInjury to SIJL on MRI presented an accuracy of 77% (58.29% - 89.64%) for the detection of occult pelvic instability on EUA.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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