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On-Track/Off-Track: The Nofsinger Technique

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Now in a related vignette, I've given you two

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techniques to measure the degree of glenoid bone loss.

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I've given you the radius technique, and I've given you

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the diameter technique, which is 0.83D -d.

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If that confuses you, go back to that vignette.

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Which is titled, Radius and Diameter

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Measurement of Glenoid Bone Loss.

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But let's go back to the radius measurement technique.

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I'm gonna make myself a best fit circle of the glenoid cup.

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Seen on FOSS in the sagittal oblique projection.

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I am then going to measure the radius of the glenoid.

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And I'll do it anteriorly.

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And posteriorly, they're equal.

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However, if I have lost anterior glenoid bone tissue,

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so let's say I've lost this much, why I won't draw

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here, here we go, I've lost this much right here.

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Now, this radius is a lot smaller than that radius.

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So if I take R1, we'll call this R1, minus, and R2

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over R1, I'm going to get a percent radius loss.

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And that's what this column represents.

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Now, that then gets translated into a loss of glenoid area.

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And when you get a loss in glenoid area of, say, 20 to

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25 percent, Or more, those are the individuals that are

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going to have difficulty keeping the humeral head in place.

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Now go back to the, to the glenoid radius technique.

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Look at where that begins.

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That begins when half the radius in the front,

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50 percent of the radius in the front is gone.

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That's what takes you to 20 percent.

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So if you've lost half of that pink line, so if you've lost

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half of this pink line, You are now at an area loss of 20 percent.

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If you've lost 60 percent of it,

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you are really up against it.

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Now you're at 25 percent loss of the glenoid

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area, and these individuals are at very high

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risk for repetitive dislocation and engagement.

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Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

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Trauma

Shoulder

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MRI

Bone & Soft Tissues

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