Is magnetic resonance imaging reliable in predicting clinical outcome after articular cartilage repair of the knee?: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1695-1702

  De Windt, Tommy S ^a   Welsch, Goetz H ^b,c   Brittberg, Mats ^d   Vonk, Lucienne A ^a   Marlovits, Stefan ^b   Trattnig, Siegfried ^c   Saris, Daniel B F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autologous chondrocyte implantation; cartilage repair; clinical outcome; correlation; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance observation of cartilage repair tissue (MOCART); microfracture; morphological; osteochondral autograft transfer system; T2 mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CARTILAGE REPAIR; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CORRELATION; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE OBSERVATION OF CARTILAGE REPAIR TISSUE (MOCART); META ANALYSIS; MICROFRACTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRAL AUTOGRAFT TRANSFER SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; T2 MAPPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; KNEE INJURIES; STANDARDS;

AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CARTILAGE REPAIR; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CORRELATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE OBSERVATION OF CARTILAGE REPAIR TISSUE (MOCART); MICROFRACTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL; OSTEOCHONDRAL AUTOGRAFT TRANSFER SYSTEM; T2 MAPPING;

ARTHROPLASTY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879764818     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512473258     Document Type: Review

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