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  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radiographs are commonly used to evaluate preoperative osteoarthritis in patients undergoing hip preservation surgery.
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  • To compare the inter- and intrarater reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans versus radiographs for diagnosing hip arthritis.
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Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 50 patients (mean age 42.8 years) underwent review of anteroposterior and cross-table lateral radiographs alongside coronal and sagittal T2-weighted MRI scans.
  • Seven experienced hip preservation surgeons evaluated the imaging for joint space narrowing, subchondral cysts, osteophytes, sclerosis, Likert grade, and Tönnis grade.
  • Inter- and intrarater reliabilities were calculated using the Fleiss method with 95% confidence intervals.

Main Results:

  • Radiographs showed fair agreement for joint space narrowing, osteophytes, Likert grade, and Tönnis grade, and moderate agreement for subchondral cysts.
  • MRI scans demonstrated poor to fair agreement for most osteoarthritis markers but substantial agreement for subchondral cysts.
  • While intrarater reliability improved, no significant differences in interrater reliability were found between radiographs and MRI for key osteoarthritis indicators.

Conclusions:

  • Both radiographs and MRI scans exhibit significant limitations and interrater variability in assessing common hip osteoarthritis markers.
  • MRI scans provide high reliability for detecting subchondral cysts but do not improve the overall interobserver variability in grading hip arthritis.
  • Neither imaging modality consistently outperforms the other in reliably grading hip osteoarthritis, highlighting the need for improved assessment methods.