Posterior tibialis tendon tears: Comparison of the diagnostic efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography for the detection of surgically created longitudinal tears in cadavers

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Gerling, Michael C ^b   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Farooki, Shella ^b   Kim, Choll ^b   Boyd, Gordon J ^b   Aronoff, Michael D ^b   Feng, Sunah A K ^b   Jacobson, Jon A ^b   Resnick, Donald ^b   Brage, Michael E ^b  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL WOUND; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 12244283701     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200301000-00007     Document Type: Article

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