Clinico-radiological co-relation in cases of osteoarthritis of the knee joint

ABSTRACT

Over a period of 6 months a prospective study was jointly conducted by the Department of Radiology and Orthopedics, Peoples Medical College, Nawabshah on patients of Osteoarthritis Knee Joint to find out the association between clinical and radiological findings. Of the 124 patients evaluated there were 94 [75.81%] males and 30 [24.19%] females giving a MF ratio of about 31. The age incidence revealed maximum cases in the fifties i.e. 53 [42.74%]. The results of the study demonstrate that there is good correlation between clinical rating and radiological grading amongst cases of osteoarthritis of knee joint, except in the clinical group which failed to give any radiological evidence of the disease. Hence, it can be safely recommended that surgeons can plan their treatment on radiological grading of osteoarthritis of the knee joint