MR Arthrography of the Ankle: Indications and Technique

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 973-994

  Cerezal, Luis ^a   Llopis, Eva ^b   Canga, Ana ^c   Rolón, Alejandro ^d  

^a Instituto Radiologico Cantabro   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d Centro Diagnóstico Rossi   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ankle injuries; Ankle joint; Arthrography; Articular; Athletic injuries; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ANATOMY; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHROGRAPHY; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTERIOR IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; ANTEROLATERAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; ARTHROPATHY; BONE INJURY; BONE LESION; CHONDROPATHY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOLUTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTORY; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIMB DISEASE; MEDIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; MONITORING; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TALUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 56749154373     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.09.002     Document Type: Review

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