Meniscal bucket handle tears: A retrospective study of arthroscopy and the relation to MRI

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 343-349

  Ververidis, A N ^a   Verettas, D A ^a   Kazakos, K J ^a   Tilkeridis, C E ^a   Chatzipapas, C N ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Bucket handle meniscal tears; Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TIBIA;

EID: 33645684939     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0678-x     Document Type: Article

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