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Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

Prevalence of Knee osteoarthritis with Magnetic resonance imaging in Al Kharj city

Ali Hassan A Ali^1,2♦, Omar O Serhan³, Ali Amer Hamdi³, Abdulmajeed Mazroua Almazroua⁴, Abdullah Mohammed Alqahtani⁴, Meshari Sanad Almutairi⁴, Abdullah Mubarak Aldawsari⁴, Turki Fahhad Almutiry⁴, Muath Ali Alghamdi⁴, Alaa Alzuwayyid⁴, Ahmad Alrasheedi⁴

¹Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA
²Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
³Radiology Department, King Khalid Hospital, Ministry of Health, AlKharj, KSA
⁴College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

ABSTRACT

Background: Osteoarthritis is a global joint disorder with high morbidities. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in Al Kharj by using magnetic resonance imaging in patients of knee pain. Methods: MRI evaluations of from all patients were suffering from pain in the knee and attending King Khalid and University Hospitals. All cases were referred from Rheumatology and Orthopedic departments from October 2021 to March 2022. Results: A total of 229 participants were included in our study; 172 (75%) males and 57 (25%) females. After MRI, 91 participants (39%) were diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. All cases initially diagnosed by X-ray and then confirmed by MRI. Females had a higher prevalence of osteoarthritis than males. Conclusions: Knee osteoarthritis is a frequent condition among Al-Kharj population, especially females. Its prevalence rises with age, with the elderly suffering from higher levels of severity.

Keywords: MRI, Knee pain, Osteoarthritis, Al Kharj

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms205e2268

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i124/ms205e2268

Published: 03 June 2022

Medical Science

Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

Prevalence of Knee osteoarthritis with Magnetic resonance imaging in Al Kharj city

Ali Hassan A Ali1,2♦, Omar O Serhan3, Ali Amer Hamdi3, Abdulmajeed Mazroua Almazroua4, Abdullah Mohammed Alqahtani4, Meshari Sanad Almutairi4, Abdullah Mubarak Aldawsari4, Turki Fahhad Almutiry4, Muath Ali Alghamdi4, Alaa Alzuwayyid4, Ahmad Alrasheedi4

♦Corresponding author Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt