Correlation of MRI Edema and Clinical Outcomes Following Microfracture of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Cuttica, Daniel J ^a   Shockley, Joel A ^b   Hyer, Christopher F ^b   Berlet, Gregory C ^b  

^a ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE CENTER   (United States)

^b GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

edema; MRI; OLT; osteochondral lesion; talus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TALUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TALUS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857088334     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640011411082     Document Type: Article

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