Scaphoid nonunions treated with vascularised bone grafts: MRI assessment

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-224

  Dailiana, Z H ^a   Zachos, V ^a   Varitimidis, S ^a   Papanagiotou, P ^b   Karantanas, A ^b   Malizos, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fractures; Magnetic resonance imaging; Scaphoid bone; Ununited radiography; Vascularised bone grafts

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISEASES; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BONE GRAFTS; BONE MARROW; DISTAL RADIUS;

RADIOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCHONDROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAPHOID FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442555353     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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