Purpose
The purpose of this study was to compare four 3-dimensional (3D) computed tomography
(CT) methods of measuring glenoid bone loss with the arthroscopic estimation of glenoid
bone loss.
Methods
Twenty patients with recurrent anterior shoulder instability underwent bilateral shoulder
CT scans and were found to have glenoid bone loss. Arthroscopic estimation of glenoid
bone loss was performed in all patients. Three-dimensional CT reconstruction was performed
on the CT scans of each patient. The glenoid bone loss of each patient was measured
using the surface area, Pico, ratio, and anteroposterior distance–from–bare area methods.
The mean percent loss calculated with each method was compared with arthroscopy to
determine the reliability of arthroscopy in the measurement of glenoid bone loss.
Results
The mean percent bone loss calculated with arthroscopic estimation, surface area,
Pico, ratio, and anteroposterior distance–from–bare area methods was 18.13% ± 11.81%,
12.15% ± 8.50% (P = .005), 12.77% ± 8.17% (P = .002), 9.50% ± 8.74% (P < .001), and 12.44% ± 10.68% (P = .001), respectively. Repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that the 3D
CT methods and arthroscopy were significantly different (F4,76 = 13.168, P = .02). The estimate using arthroscopy is 55% greater than the average of the 3D
CT methods.
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that arthroscopy significantly overestimates glenoid bone loss
compared with CT and call into question its validity as a method of measurement. A
more internally consistent and accurate method for the measurement of glenoid bone
loss is necessary to appropriately diagnose and treat shoulder instability.
Level of Evidence
Level IV, case series.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 14, 2015
Accepted:
March 17,
2015
Received:
June 24,
2014
Footnotes
Funding was received from the Michigan Institute for Clinical Health and Research, University of Michigan, Intramural Grant (principal investigator received $25,168). The authors report the following potential conflict of interest or source of funding: J.K.S. receives support from Arthrex and Elsevier book royalties.
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