A J Green and Antonio Bryant

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(02-03-2020, 09:45 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: What that means is some injuries can be missed by MRI and are not detected until during surgery.  Or the extent of the damage can’t be fully appreciated until actually visualized through the arthroscope. On the flipped side, the MRI can give false negatives, or injuries that actually aren’t there. MRIs aren’t 100% specific or sensitive.

I know this to be true, from my own experiences.  For example, when I had my shoulder repaired, the doc said it took about twice as long as he had initially estimated.  He said that while he was in there, he discovered several other things that did not show up on the MRI.  (I'm not even going to attempt to butcher the terminology)  The doc also said that it is often the case that there are undetected issues when he operates.