Internal derangements of the knee: rates of occurrence at MR imaging in patients referred by orthopedic surgeons compared with rates in patients referred by physicians who are not orthopedic surgeons.
Uppal A, Disler D, Short W, McCauley T, Cooper J. Internal derangements of the knee: rates of occurrence at MR imaging in patients referred by orthopedic surgeons compared with rates in patients referred by physicians who are not orthopedic surgeons. Radiology 1998, 207: 633-6. PMID: 9609884, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.3.9609884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrthopaedic surgeonsInternal derangementLigament tearsProportion of patientsRate of occurrenceSignificant differencesMagnetic resonance imagingNumber of abnormalitiesMeniscus tearsPatientsArticular cartilage abnormalitiesMR imagesKnee abnormalitiesResonance imagingSurgeonsDerangementPhysiciansCartilage abnormalitiesTearsKnee MR imagesAbnormalitiesHyaline cartilage defectsCartilage defectsKneeCartilage tears