Comparison of CT and MRI in patients with tibial plateau fracture: Can CT findings predict ligament tear or meniscal injury?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-151

  Mui, Leonora W ^a   Engelsohn, Eliyahu ^a   Umans, Hilary ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ligament tear; Meniscus; Tibial plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845688050     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0216-z     Document Type: Article

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