Cross-sectional imaging of internal derangement of the wrist with arthroscopic correlation

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-47

  Khoury, Viviane ^a   Harris, Patrick G ^a   Cardinal, Étienne ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; Wrist arthroscopy; Wrist computed tomography arthrography; Wrist ligaments; Wrist magnetic resonance arthrography

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WRIST;

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 35148877805     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984417     Document Type: Review

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