Trine Torfing

Odense University Hospital | OUH · Department of Radiology

Background: Management of the distal radius fracture (DRF) is to some extent based on radiographic characterization of fracture displacement. It remains unclear, however, if the measurements used to quantify displacement are accurate. Purpose: To quantify accuracy of two radiographic measurements: dorsal/volar tilt and fracture compression, meas...

Background and purpose: Little is known on the use of metal artifact reduction sequence (MARS) MRI to diagnose osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) after fixation of femoral neck fractures (FNF) with conventional metal implants present. We compared MARS MRI with radiography in diagnosing ONFH. Secondarily, we determined whether signs of ONFH o...

Background Metal artifact reduction sequence magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is a common method to detect adverse reaction to metal debris in total hip arthroplasty (THA). It might be quicker and cheaper if ultrasonography (US) could screen for the need for an MRI. However, both require trained personnel. Purpose We aimed to investigate the...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of progressive resistance exercise compared with low-intensity home-based exercises on knee-muscle strength and joint function in people with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and persistent hamstring strength deficits at 12–24 months after surgery. DESIGN: Randomized controlled superiority trial w...

Background Fibrocytes are bone marrow-derived cells, that express both hematopoietic and stromal markers. In murine collagen-induced arthritis models circulating fibrocytes have been found to home to inflamed joints and enhance arthritis activity. The cell has, therefore, been proposed to be precursor cells for the fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS...

Purpose This study examined the impact of pronation and supination on the reliability of the radiographically measured values of dorsal tilt, radial inclination (RI), and ulnar variance (UV) in cadaveric forearms with artificially created distal radius fractures. Methods We prepared 21 human cadaveric forearms (11 right and 10 left) for radiostere...

Background Although dorsal/palmar tilt, radial inclination (RI), and ulnar variance (UV) are measurements commonly performed in wrist radiographs, the impact of forearm rotation on those measurements during the radiographic procedure is uncertain. Our aim was to determine the impact of supination and pronation on the reliability of measurements of...

Background Distal radius fracture characterization and treatment are mainly based on radiographic measurements but with contradictory findings on the correlation of those measurements to clinical outcome. Before applying radiographic measurement to the treatment decision and before correlating the measurements to clinical outcome, an accuracy of me...

Background Measuring bone mineral density (BMD) around acetabular prosthetic components with computed tomography (CT) is challenged by the complex anatomy and metal artifacts. Three-dimensional (3D) segmentation is required for the analysis, but it is usually not practically applicable on current CT workstations Purpose To test the between-scan ag...

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, using hamstring auto-graft is a common surgical procedure, which often leads to persistent hamstring muscle-strength deficiency and reduced function. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the effect of a combined, progressive, strength and neuromuscular...

Background Periprosthetic bone loss is considered to be a potentially contributing factor in aseptic loosening of acetabular hip components, but no studies have shown this association. The lack of association might be caused by insufficient image quality because of metal artifacts and challenges in measuring bone density (BMD) in complex anatomic s...

Objectives To examine whether MRI assessed inflammation and damage in the wrist of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Methods Wrist and hand MRIs of 210 patients with early RA from two investigator-initiated, randomised controlled studies (CIMESTRA/OPERA) were assessed according to t...

Background Studies in established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have shown that radiographic progression is associated with increasing health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) score. However, most studies have failed to demonstrate this association at the early stage of the disease. In addition, little is known about how specific pathologies, e.g. joint i...

Background: Obstetric brachial plexus lesion (OBPL) frequently leads to glenohumeral dysplasia, and excessive retroversion of the glenoid is among the best known developmental disturbances. Most analyses of the glenoid are based on 2-dimensional (D) imaging and do not address glenoid inclination or provide information on the glenoid in the sagitta...

Background Children with leg length discrepancy often undergo repeat imaging. Therefore, every effort to reduce radiation dose is important. Using low dose preview images and noise reduction software rather than diagnostic images for length measurements might contribute to reducing dose. Purpose To compare leg length measurements performed on diag...

Objectives: To investigate whether a treat-to-target strategy based on methotrexate (MTX) and intra-articular (IA) betamethasone suppresses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-determined measures of disease activity and reduces joint destruction in early rheumatoid arthritis (eRA) patients, and to investigate whether concomitant cyclosporin A (CyA) p...

The objective of this study was to test the precision and agreement between bone mineral density measurements performed in micro CT, single and dual energy computed tomography, to determine how the keV level influences density measurements and to assess the usefulness of quantitative dual energy computed tomography as a research tool for longitudin...

Background Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) osteitis and synovitis have been identified as predictors of structural damage progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)1,2, but the predictive value of MRI joint space narrowing (JSN, a measure of cartilage damage) and tenosynovitis (TS) needs further investigation. Objectives To investigate the predicti...

Mastocytosis is a heterogeneous disease with an increased number and activation of mast cells. Subtypes range from benign to rare aggressive forms, and the disease may affect people of all ages. The pathogenesis involves mutations in the KIT gene in both children and adult patients. Estimated prevalence is one per 10,000, but the disease is very li...

Mastocytosis is a heterogeneous group of diseases defined by an increased number and accumulation of mast cells, and often also by signs and symptoms of mast cell activation. Disease subtypes range from indolent to rare aggressive forms. Mastocytosis affects people of all ages and has been considered rare; however, it is probably underdiagnosed wit...

Ankle injuries are common among the paediatric population. There are few prospective studies utilizing MRI to diagnose a clinically suspected Salter-Harris type I of the distal fibula (SH1FDF). The aim of this study was to examine the proportion of clinically suspected SH1FDF in children. All paediatric patients with ankle injury, seen at the emerg...

Background MRI has been shown to be more sensitive than clinical examination and x-ray for detection of inflammatory and destructive joint changes in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to discriminate between treatment arms in clinical trials using the semi-quantitative Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) RA MRI scoring (RAM...

Objective: Periprosthetic bone cysts are a known finding after total ankle replacement (TAR). The significance of cysts is uncertain, but they may threaten the long-term survival of the implant. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of weight-bearing digital radiography compared with 3D weight-bearing multiplana...

Objective: To compare two methods of measuring femoral neck anteversion angle (FNA): A 2D method used at Odense University Hospital until 2010, and a method labeled 3D-OUH. The latter method makes corrections to compensate for errors introduced by the individual placement of patients in the CT scanner. Materials and methods: Twenty-six CT-examin...

Unlabelled: In 1954, Norell described the 'fat pad sign' for the first time. This refers to the radiological visualization of the elbow fatty tissue. This is a prospective study with the aim of clarifying the relation between the presence of a positive fat pad sign on the lateral radiograph and the type of injury verified on MRI. From January to D...

To identify predictors of radiographic progression in a 2-year randomised, double-blind, clinical study (CIMESTRA) of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with early RA (n = 130) were treated with methotrexate, intra-articular betamethasone and ciclosporin/placebo-ciclosporin. Baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wris...

Post-traumatic cortical bone cyst is a rare occurrence in children. It is typically located in the distal radius, as a result of greenstick fracture. We report three cases referred to our fracture clinic as a tumour in bones. In one of our cases, the cystic lesion was noted following a displaced fracture in the femur, which is not previously publis...

We studied the role of acetabulum geometry and head neck ratio in the development of osteoarthritis of the hip in young men. Contrary to previous studies we evaluated the significance of the anterior, posterior and total coverage of the femoral head, the influence of the femoral neck and the consequence of acetabular retroversion on standardized x-...

We studied the role of acetabulum geometry and head neck ratio in the development of osteoarthritis of the hip in young men. Contrary to previous studies we evaluated the significance of the anterior, posterior and total coverage of the femoral head, the influence of the femoral neck and the consequence of acetabular retroversion on standardized x-...

The authors studied the relation between residual angulation at the time of healing and final orientation of the distal radius as well as the clinical outcome in patients after Salter-Harris type II epiphyseal plate injury of the distal radius. Eighty-five patients were reviewed with a median follow-up of 8.5 years. Anteroposterior and lateral radi...

A prospective analysis of plain serial radigraphs (PSR), digital subtraction arthrography (DSA), and radionuclide bone scans (RBS) was performed in 56 cemented total hip arthroplasties to evaluate the efficacy and usefulness of each study in the diagnosis of loosening. To avoid selection bias in the evaluation of DSA and RBS, the decision to perfor...

The aim of this study was to describe our experiences with ultrasonography (US) of severely traumatised patients, and to show whether it is a safe and fast procedure when screening for intra-abdominal lesions. In a period from 1996 to 1999, 876 patients were received by the trauma team. The number of patients with an injury severity score (ISS) > 1...

The purpose of this study was to disclose the frequency of new infarcts after Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) by MRI and Transcranial Doppler examinations (TCD), and to evaluate the clinical and pathological significance. Of a consecutive series of 41 patients with a symptomatic carotid stenosis exceeding 69%, 33 had MRI and TCD examinations performed...