Prospective study on diagnostic strategies in osteochondral lesions of the talus. Is MRI superior to helical CT?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-46

  Verhagen, R A W ^a   Maas, M ^b   Dijkgraaf, M G W ^b   Tol, J L ^b   Krips, R ^b   van Dijk, C Niek ^b  

^a Ziekenhuis Hilversum   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12444303331     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B1.14702     Document Type: Article

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