Imaging Acute Knee Injuries.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1080/00913847.1992.11710297.
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Abstract
In brief When a clinician initially examines an athlete who has a knee injury, conventional radiography is the diagnostic imaging method of choice because it can identify most fractures and dislocations. If the athlete has a complex fracture, computed or conventional tomography can provide optimal characterization. If soft-tissue injury is suspected, either arthrography or MRI should be performed, though MRI is becoming the preferred method in such cases.
Anatomy
- knee