INTRODUCTION: @entity173 are commonly diagnosed by plain radiography. When a @entity1 presents with negative radiographs and high clinical suspicion of @entity174 , guidelines recommend proceeding with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose the @entity1 . The aim of this study was to assess the use of MRI in diagnosing @entity173 following @entity130 to the hip and describe clinical outcome after MRI-diagnosed @entity173 . The perspective was to develop new recommendations for MRI use. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 616 @entity1 at a university hospital fulfilled the inclusion criteria of having an MRI scan of the hip following @entity130 between the years of 2005 and 2014. Data was collected from the @entity1 ' medical records. RESULTS: The annual number of MRIs increased over the ten-year period. Out of 616 MRI scans 228 (37%) showed @entity174 of the hip with a dominance of trochanteric @entity174 , 185 (30%) revealed @entity174 and 183 (29%) were negative. No @entity1 with @entity174 had associated @entity174 of the hip. The main reason to proceed with MRI was a strong clinical suspicion of @entity174 in @entity1 with negative initial radiographs. Amongst the 228 @entity1 with @entity174 , 187 (82%) were treated operatively. Of @entity1 with @entity173 , 90 (39%) @entity1 suffered a general complication and 11 (5%) had hip complications. The complication rate of @entity1 with @entity174 on MRI was compared to that of a cohort of general @entity173 @entity1 at our hospital. No significant difference in twelve months' survival or general complications could be found, but the MRI group had a significantly lower hip complication rate. CONCLUSION: The diagnosis set by MRI, with high share of @entity174 or no @entity174 , reflects the difficulty in differential diagnosing this group of @entity1 . The rate of occult @entity173 was low and @entity1 with @entity174 already known from X- @entity16039 did not have additional @entity173 . We found an increase in the annual number of MRIs during the 10-year-period. MRI-diagnosed @entity173 @entity1 do not suffer more complications than the regular @entity173 @entity1 .

Magnetic resonance imaging for verifying XXXX diagnosis why, when and how?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity16039 :: ('255564', 'Species') :: ['ray'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'pelvic fracture', 'pelvic fractures', 'acute pelvic fracture', 'fracture'] @entity173 :: ('MESH:D006620', 'Disease') :: ['hip fractures', 'hip fracture', 'Hip fractures'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity173 :: (MESH:D006620,Disease) :: ['hip fracture']
