Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Pain after Surgical Treatment for Athletic Pubalgia and the “Sports Hernia”

ABSTRACT

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique and findings in the setting of athletic pubalgia, including injury at the rectus abdominis/adductor aponeurosis, are becoming widely recognized. A subset of these patients is treated with various pelvic floor repairs, mesh reinforcements, and tendon releases. Most of these patients do well after intervention, but some have persistent or refractory groin pain, and others eventually develop new injuries in the pubic region or elsewhere about the pelvic girdle. This review describes the expected and some unexpected MRI findings in patients with recurrent or persistent groin pain after a “sports hernia” repair.

KEYWORDS

MRI - athletic pubalgia - groin injury

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