Dear Musculoskeletal Insider,
This installment of the MSK Insider shines the spotlight on our shoulders, which are certainly put through their paces during the upcoming RSNA meeting: hauling the giant abstract book from one end of McCormick Place to the other; hunched up around the ears while one hand balances a drink and a plate of appetizers while the other is extended in greeting; and battling with those absurdly fat hotel pillows at bedtime.
Our Insider Exclusive focuses on how MRI can be used to assess rotator cuffs. Irish investigators evaluated the correlation between MR findings and outcomes after fluoroscopically guided subacromial bursography and steroid injection. Of course, impingement must be identified before it can be managed, so a U.S.-based group tested out abduction and external rotation (ABER) positions in an open-bore magnet for visualizing the mechanics of internal shoulder impingement. Click here to learn more.
In other news, we have a story from the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Los Angeles on palliative radiotherapy for reducing the pain from bone metastases.
You'll also find a case study on Baker's cyst in the Musculoskeletal Imaging Digital Community, authored by Dr. Shamim Malik from the Crater X-Ray Clinic in Nakuru, Kenya.
Then check out articles on bisphosphonates and jaw osteonecrosis, the connection between osteoarthritis and gouty attacks, and why four orthopedic device manufacturers will shell out $311 million to settle a civil suit.
Finally, we'd like to hear from you on which MSK imaging papers and presentations you are most looking forward to hearing about at the RSNA show. Please don't make us shoulder the burden of choosing orthopedic-related sessions all by ourselves!
