1. Re:slap tear surgery
(Forum/Surgery)

.... Aggravated it at best... Had cortizone shots in both shoulders.. still no relief... Had reg MRI's with no contrast, both showed SLap Tears... The Doc only word of surgery was the chance on bleedin...

2. Re:slap tear surgery
(Forum/Surgery)

.... Aggravated it at best... Had cortizone shots in both shoulders.. still no relief... Had reg MRI's with no contrast, both showed SLap Tears... The Doc only word of surgery was the chance on bleedin...

3. Re:?\'s about Pain in my shoullder. HELP! HELP! HELP!
(Forum/General Discussion)

... on MRI alone. During the same visit, I had an arthrogram and then a MRI. It showed up on the arthrogram (contrast is injected). My symptoms were pain with anything overhead and eventually got to t...

4. ?\'s about Pain in my shoullder. HELP! HELP! HELP!
(Forum/General Discussion)

... tolerable at the moment. This summer I had an MRI done and it did not show anything. It was not done with contrast or GAD ink and it was done on an open MRI. The Dr. only spend literally 7 min. tot...

5. Re:new to site....few questions!
(Forum/General Discussion)

...cause of pain. As far as tennis causing more damage...here is what happened with me. I had the MRI with contrast in late January and it literally showed nothing. First orthopedist and radiologist...

6. Re:new to site....few questions!
(Forum/General Discussion)

...rn a serve and immediately felt pain. The radiologist and first ortho did not see anything on the MRI with contrast but sent me to a shoulder specialist who thought that I had bicep tendonitis and po...

7. Re:Diagnostic anesthetic
(Forum/General Discussion)

... and felt the avulsion the radiologist saw didn't make sense for the symptoms, that there was a tiny bit of contrast in the superior labrum, potentially a labral defect or a SLAP that wasn't showing. ...

8. Re:Post SLAP \'popping\' sound?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ad one originally, but this is as close as a picture as you are going to get. It involves the Rad injecting contrast directly into the shoudler area and using an MRI to detect the tears. Very clear a...

9. Re:MRI R Knee with Contrast
(Forum/General Discussion)

Perhaps it is mostly defect in the patellae and maybe the fragments will not pose a problem. Sounds like good news from the surgeon. You absolutely want to try the PT and cortisone shots so do this

10. Re:MRI R Knee with Contrast
(Forum/General Discussion)

:S I saw the surgeon today and he wants me to do 6 weeks of PT and chortisone shots. He said surgery would not help me. Should I get a 2nd opinion?

11. Re:MRI R Knee with Contrast
(Forum/General Discussion)

In essence you have a 60% Chondral (bone) defect in the knee along with loose bodies (fragments of bone) and issues with your knee cap. Therapy may help the knee cap, but the other requires surger

12. MRI R Knee with Contrast
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ter, osteochondral loose bodes project within the distal gastrocnemius/semimembranosus bursa which contains contrast after the intra-articular injection. Mild lateral tibial chondrosis. There is a ...

13. Rock and a hard spot
(Forum/Surgery)

...terior to mid fibers 3. Possible small superior labral tear, equivocal findings. I had this MRI with no contrast. Now I have some questions. 1. What does this all mean? 2. Can these MRI b...

14. Re:MRI Findings need help!!??
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ave some degree of pathology; probably leading to arthroscopy. Then, it is what it is. MRI's especially non-contrast leave a lot to be desired. 2. They can be misleading by not showing things that ar...

15. MRI Findings need help!!??
(Forum/General Discussion)

...erior to mid fibers 3. Possible small superior labral tear, equivocal findings. I had this MRI with no contrast. Now I have some questions. 1. What does this all mean? 2. Can these MRI...

16. Caught In the Middle?
(Forum/Surgery)

...nt present until following morning, when I couldn't raise my coffee cup. Saw a shoulder specialist, had the Contrast MRI, and it showed a slap tear. I was told I could finish the season depending on h...

17. Re:SLAP likely?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ptoms and so many causes in shoulder issues that there is a lot of overlap but I will say that MRIs without contrast often don't show conclusive evidence of a labral tear. It sounds like you used con...

18. Re:Myofascial Pain
(Forum/General Discussion)

...cises to target the weakness. Give tennis a break until you are strong. If you still fail, get an MRI with contrast as you may have a small SLAP tear. Somedays if I didn't get specific balls to irri...

19. Re:SLAP likely?
(Forum/General Discussion)

Got the arthrogram MRI results earlier today. Here's the diagnosis. "No extravasation contrast beyond the confines of the RC to suggest a RC rupture or full-thickness performation of the supraspi

20. new to site, any advice?
(Forum/General Discussion)

... I imediatly felt a pop followed by a searing burning pain. Went and saw OS two days later, then MRI, non-contrast. MRI showed labral tear at the 10 oclock position. My OS did not elaborate on the...

21. Arthrogram
(Wiki/General)

An arthrogram is is a procedure where a contrasting agent is injected into the joint to be examined by an MRI. The contrast agent increases the chances of a cartilage or tendon tear being seen by maki

22. MRI
(Gallery/Andy's Pictures)

... picture from my appointment. I believe the difference from the other ones, is that it is tuned to find the contrast agent.The link for this image is...http://slaptear.com/uploads/andy_mri_7_0007.jpg ...

23. In the beginning...
(Member Blogs/A slap tear saga)

...on did nothing for the pain.  In fact, my pain increased each day.  The MRI was completed without contrast on a Friday and I had a follow up appointment the following Thursday.  By Thur...

24. Frustration with an injury, a job, and workers comp
(Member Blogs/Patrick\'s Workers Comp Story)

..., and see an orthopedic surgeon. Workers Comp had to re-open my case so that they could pay for the special contrast MRI, this took a while. Nine Months after my initial injury, I First met Dr. Kelso...

25. Leigh's rollercoaster ride
(Member Blogs/lEIGH)

...thats really unusual.I almost think they're  worthless in diagnosing SLAP tears unless they inject contrast. Anyway , I went into surgery really thinking I was just having the collarbone debr...

26. From injury to first Orthopedic Surgeon visit
(Member Blogs/Jeff's confused journey)

...CB office.  I was scheduled for an MRI the next day.  Unfortunately it was an MRi not an MRI with contrast dye. Three days later I was back at my GP being advised that the MRI showed ar...

27. 1st visit
(Member Blogs/Matt's SLAP story)

...eved I had torn my labriam.  To be sure he wanted to have an anthrogram MRI performed ( with contrast).  The second MRI was performed and the report said I did have a slap tear on ...

28. Bankart Lesion
(Wiki/Shoulder)

...as a bankart lesion as the patient will experience a feeling that the arm is about to dislocate. A MRI with contrast agent may also be used. A X-ray, while not good at soft tissue diagnosis, may find ...

29. Frozen Shoulder
(Wiki/Shoulder)

...inic exam to test range of motion is the first step in diagnosis of frozen shoulder. Secondly an MRI with a contrast agent is used to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment The first step is the prescriptio...

30. DiggerO'Dell at 48
(Member Blogs/Brad's Tale)

...chine, surgery center, rehab outfit, Hey it's a one stop shop.  The pain management guy kept injecting contrast dye, after about the third syringe full, he was wondering where it all went.  ...