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Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Posterior Tibial Tendon Pathology

1996; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 17; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/107110079601700908

1944-7876

Stuart D. Miller, Marnix van Holsbeeck, P Boruta, Kent K. Wu, David A. Katcherian,

Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

We retrospectively evaluated the effectiveness of ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool for investigating pathology in the posterior tibial tendon by comparing the preoperative ultrasonograms for 17 patients with their recorded surgical findings. In all cases, the surgical findings confirmed the ultrasonographic diagnoses: 3 inflammations, 4 partial tears, and 10 ruptures. Interestingly, two ruptures had been undiagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasonography, which seems to be a reliable means of visualizing the extent of pathology of the symptomatic posterior tibial tendon, may be a valuable tool in surgical planning.