Bucket handle tears of the medial meniscus: Meniscal intrusion rather than meniscal extrusion

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Schlossberg, S ^a   Umans, H ^a   Flusser, G ^b   DiFelice, G S ^a   Lerer, D B ^c  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bucket handle tear; Medial meniscus; Meniscal extrusion; Meniscal tear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 33751564528     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0183-4     Document Type: Article

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