Pitfalls and limitations of magnetic resonance imaging in bucket-handle tears of knee menisci;Cause di errore e limiti di accuratezza della risonanza magnetica nelle rotture meniscali a manico di secchio del ginocchio

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 150-156

  Sparacia, Gianvincenzo ^a,b   Barbiera, Filippo ^a   Vincenzo Bartolotta, Tommaso ^a   Midiri, Massimo ^a   De Maria, Marcello ^a   Lagalla, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knee, menisci; Knee, MRI; Knee, traumatic tears

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUCKET HANDLE TEAR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036764119     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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