Sonographically guided patellar tendon fenestration: Prognostic value of preprocedure sonographic findings

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 771-777

  Kanaan, Yassine ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^b   Jamadar, David ^b   Housner, Jeffrey ^c   Caoili, Elaine M ^b  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fenestration; Patellar tendon; Sonography; Tenotomy

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; HEALTH; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS; ECHOGENICITY; FENESTRATION; PATELLAR TENDON; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; TENOTOMY;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDINITIS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENDINOPATHY; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878065287     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.771     Document Type: Article

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