Meniscal Sizing Based on Gender, Height, and Weight

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-508

  Stone, Kevin R ^a   Freyer, Abhi ^a   Turek, Thomas ^a   Walgenbach, Ann W ^a   Wadhwa, Sonali ^b   Crues, John ^b  

^a Stone Research Foundation   (United States)

^b Beverly Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Height; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meniscal sizing; Radiography; Tibial plateau; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 34247530894     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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