Diagnostics of degenerative meniscal tears at 3-Tesla MRI compared to arthroscopy as reference standard

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 451-456

  Engelhardt, L V ^a   Schmitz, A ^a   Pennekamp, P H ^a   Schild, H H ^a   Wirtz, D C ^a   Falkenhausen, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Arthroscopy; Knee; Meniscus; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41949113326     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0485-6     Document Type: Article

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