Correlation of arthrodesis stability with degree of joint fusion on MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 496-499

  Dorsey, Michelle L ^a,b   Liu, Patrick T ^a   Roberts, Catherine C ^a   Kile, Todd A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b East Valley Diagnostic Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Fusion; MDCT; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTALAR JOINT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTALAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349121698     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1254     Document Type: Article

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