Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Distal Tibia Fractures in Adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 727-732

  Seifert, Julia ^a,b   Matthes, Gerrit ^a,b   Hinz, Peter ^b   Paris, Stefan ^a   Mutze, Sven ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^a,b   Stengel, Dirk ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal tibia fracture; MRI; Transitional fracture; Triplane fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142250812     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200311000-00009     Document Type: Article

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