Abstract #4083

Clinical value of MAVRIC-SL MRI for the assessment of periprosthetic joint infection

Tsutomu Inaoka¹, Masayuki Sugeta¹, Noriko Kitamura¹, Tomoya Nakatsuka¹, Rumiko Ishikawa¹, Takamitsu Uchi¹, Rui Iwata¹, Akinori Yamamoto¹, Hisanori Tomobe¹, Ryosuke Sakai¹, Hidetoshi Yamana¹, Shusuke Kasuya¹, and Hitoshi Terada¹

¹Radiology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan

MAVRIC-SL enabled to improve the image quality by decreasing susceptibility artifacts and the assessment of periprosthetic joint infection after joint arthroplasty. Joint effusion, soft-tissue fluid collection, and soft-tissue edema were suggestive of periprosthetic joint infection. Soft-tissue fluid collection and soft-tissue edema were indicative of therapeutic surgical intervention for periprosthetic joint infection. Using MAVRIC-SL, MRI can become a useful tool to suggest periprosthetic joint infection in arthroplasty patients and to determine the management of periprosthetic joint infection.

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