Economic considerations for the diagnosis and therapy of meniscal lesions: Can magnetic resonance imaging help reduce the expense?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Weinstabl, Reinhard ^a   Muellner, Thomas ^a   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a   Kainberger, F ^a   Kramer, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0030968299     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012254     Document Type: Article

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