Meniscus imaging

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-333

  Huysse, Wouter C J ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad L ^a   Verdonk, Peter C ^a   Verdonk, René ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Meniscus; MRI; Repair; Tear; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISPLACED FRAGMENT; FOLLOW UP; IONIZING RADIATION; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS CYST; KNEE MENISCUS DEGENERATION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCAL SURGERY; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; MENISCUS CONTUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57049155557     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100639     Document Type: Review

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