Ultrasonography of symptomatic rotator cuff tears compared with MR imaging and surgery

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Fotiadou, Anastasia N ^a,b   Vlychou, Marianna ^a   Papadopoulos, Periklis ^b   Karataglis, Dimitrios S ^b   Palladas, Panagiotis ^b   Fezoulidis, Ioannis V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rotator cuff surgery; Rotator cuff ultrasonography; Shoulder joint ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATION; SURGERY; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ARTHROSCOPY; ROTATOR CUFF/SURGERY; ROTATOR CUFF/ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SHOULDER JOINT/ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

RESONANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 51349110998     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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