Rolf Dieter Hollstein MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Lusine Tumyan MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Stephen Hulse MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

John M Itamura MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

David Hyun-Min Kim MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. Improve the relevance of radiology reporting of shoulder MRI to surgical decision-making. 2. Review specific imaging findings and describe the findings in the language used by orthopedic surgeons. 3. Discuss the surgical decisions based on these findings.

1. Selected shoulder pathologies including RTC injury and labral tears. 2. Imaging findings of specific interest to surgical decision-making and planning, including presence of os acromiale, presence of a bony Bankart, grading of rotator cuff musculature atrophic change, biceps tendon subluxation, and extra-articular findings. 3. Imaging findings less relevant to orthopedic surgeons. 4. Preliminary standardized report based on radiology-orthopedic surgery discussion.

1. Radiologists can improve MRI shoulder reports by addressing issues that are relevant to orthopedic surgical planning and by using language of the orthopedic surgeons.

Hollstein, R, Tumyan, L, Hulse, S, Itamura, J, Kim, D, Shoulder MRI: What the Orthopedic Surgeon Wants to Know.  Radiological Society of North America 2006 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 26 - December 1, 2006 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2006/4434738.html