MRI-demonstrated outcome of subchondral stress fractures of the knee after treatment with iloprost or tramadol: Observations in 14 patients

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-362

  Mayerhoefer, Marius E ^a   Kramer, Josef ^b   Breitenseher, Martin J ^a,c   Norden, Cornelia ^d   Vakil Adli, Anosheh ^e   Hofmann, Siegfried ^f   Meizer, Roland ^g   Siedentop, Harald ^d   Landsiedl, Franz ^g   Aigner, Nicolas ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Institute of CT and MRI Diagnostics Schillerpark   (Austria)

^c Institute of Radiology   (Austria)

^d BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^e Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Linz   (Austria)

^f LKH Stolzalpe ^*  (Austria)

^g ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL SPEISING   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Iloprost; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

ILOPROST; ILOPROST CLATHRATE; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KNEE FRACTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS FRACTURE; SUBCHONDRAL STRESS FRACTURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; ILOPROST; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 49049089391     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31817f3e1c     Document Type: Article

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