Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee and unjustified surgery

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 447, Issue , 2006, Pages 100-104

  Ben Galim, Peleg ^a   Steinberg, Ely L ^a   Amir, Hagai ^b   Ash, Nachman ^b   Dekel, Shmuel ^a   Arbel, Ron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; ARTHROPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KNEE INJURY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33746048494     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000203471.50808.b7     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Al-Otaibi L, Siegel MJ. The pediatric knee. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 1998;6:643-660.
2. Barnett MJ. MR diagnosis of internal derangements of the knee: effect of field strength on efficacy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993;161:115-118.
3. Bonamo JJ, Saperstein AL. Contemporary magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: the orthopedic surgeon's perspective. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 1994;2:481-495.
4. Crotty JM, Monu JU, Pope TL Jr. Magnetic resonance imaging of the musculoskeletal system: Part 4. The knee. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1996;330:288-303.
5. De Smet AA, Norris MA, Yandow DR, Graf BK, Keene JS. Diagnosis of meniscal tears of the knee with MR imaging: effect of observer variation and sample size on sensitivity and specificity. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993;160:555-559.
6. Haramati N, Staron RB, Cushin S, Nickoloff EL, Feldman F. Value of the coronal plane in MRI of internal derangement of the knee. Skeletal Radiol. 1993;23:211-215.
7. Heron CW, Calvert PT. Three-dimensional gradient-echo MR imaging of the knee: comparison with arthroscopy in 100 patients. Radiology. 1992;183:839-844.
8. Mesgarzadeh M, Moyer R, Leder DS, Revesz G, Russoniello A, Bonakdarpour A, Tehranzadeh J, Guttmann D. MR imaging of the knee: expanded classification and pitfalls to interpretation of meniscal tears. Radiographics. 1993;13:489-500.
9. Quinn SF, Brown TR, Szumowski J. Menisci of the knee: radial MR imaging correlated with arthroscopy in 259 patients. Radiology. 1992;185:577-580.
10. Rappeport ED, Mehta S, Wieslander SB, Lausten GS, Thomsen HS. MR imaging before arthroscopy in knee joint disorders? Acta Radiol. 1996;37:602-609.
11. Spiers AS, Meagher T, Ostlere SJ, Wilson DJ, Dodd CA. Can MRI of the knee affect arthroscopic practice? A prospective study of 58 patients. J Bone Joint Surg. 1993;75:49-52.