DGEMRIC as a tool for measuring changes in cartilage quality following high tibial osteotomy: A feasibility study

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1134-1141

  Rutgers, M ^a   Bartels, L W ^b   Tsuchida, A I ^a   Castelein, R M ^a   Dhert, W J ^a,c   Vincken, K L ^b   van Heerwaarden, R J ^d   Saris, D B F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Maartenskliniek Woerden   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axial realignment; DGEMRIC; High tibial osteotomy; KOOS score; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 84865286360     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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