Magnetic resonance imaging versus arthroscopy in the diagnosis of knee pathology, concentrating on meniscal lesions and ACL tears: A systematic review

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-23

  Crawford, Ruth ^a   Walley, Gayle ^a,b   Bridgman, Stephen ^a,b,c   Maffulli, Nicola ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; MRI; Patient outcome; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38149030218     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldm022     Document Type: Review

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