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Abstract:
This is a retrospective analytical study which was conducted at departments of magnetic resonance imaging scan at GAMMA hospital, Almana hospital, Mouwasat hospital and king fahad hospital from October to December 2017. This study aimed to estimate the post traumatic knee joint injuries in both male and female, athletics, old age people and traumatic patients in eastern region of Saudi Arabia population and show if there is a relationship between knee joint injuries and age also to determine the most common ligaments injuries in relation to athletics. The problem of this study lack of published studies related to this topic in Saudi Arabia, as well as increasing the several risk factors related to knee joint traumas in other countries and the unawareness of importance of this issue. The study used the tools of magnetic resonance imaging which is the best modality selected to image knee joint in 70 patient selected by data collection sheet containing all the variable. The results of this study showed that the most affected group are athletics between age (20-30). Also showed that anterior cruciate ligament is the most effected compared to other ligament. Moreover , the result showed that proton density is the best MRI protocol used in hospitals of eastern region, Saudi Arabia. Finally it showed that the most post traumatic knee joint pathology is hematoma. Also a good correlation was found between post traumatic knee joint injuries and age of the patient and degree of exercises. The study recommended estimating the prevalence of post traumatic knee joint injuries and causes of it with larger sample size and more variables to compare the finding for each.
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