MR imaging evaluation of the postoperative knee: Ligaments, menisci, and articular cartilage

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 431-452

  White, Lawrence M ^a   Kramer, Josef ^b   Recht, Michael P ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Roentgeninstitute at Schillerpark   (Austria)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Knee; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meniscus; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; MENISCECTOMY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 23144456848     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0914-y     Document Type: Review

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