Title: “Correlation of Magnetic resonance imaging findings and arthroscopy findings in diagnosis of intra

articular injuries of knee joint”.

Aim & Objective: Comparison of findings of magnetic resonance imaging with arthroscopic findings in
selected cases to determine the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and concordance of the findings from
MRI of the knee. Methodology: Hospital based prospective study with 40 patients with IDK were studied.
MRI of injured knee was done & arthroscopic surgery was performed in selected cases. Calculated
sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MR and Arthroscopic examination in diagnosing IDK. Results: In
our study ACL tear is most common, seen in 36 patients (90%), followed by the Medial Meniscal injuries
in 26 patients (65%). We obtained 100% sensitivity and 66.67% specificity in diagnosing ACL tears. The
accuracy of MRI in medial and lateral meniscal tears was 95% percent and 97.5%, while for ACL and
PCL rupture was 95% and 97.5%. Our study proved high sensitivity and specificity and almost high
accuracy of MRI for ACL injuries of knee joint in comparison to arthroscopy. Conclusions: For the
assessment of ligamentous and meniscal injuries magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is accurate and non-
invasive modality. It can be used as a first line investigation but arthroscopy still remains gold standard.