Avulsions around the knee portend instability

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-218

  Matherne, Tamera H ^a   Monu, Johnny U V ^a   Schruff, Louis ^b   Neitzschman, Harold R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee avulsions; MRI; Musculoskeletal radiology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; AVULSION INJURY; FIBULA; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; LEG MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIBIA TORSION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 21544442330     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0415-2     Document Type: Review

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