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SUBMITTER: Patel KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786147 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Patel Karan A KA Hartigan David E DE Makovicka Justin L JL Dulle Donald L DL Chhabra Anikar A
Arthroscopy techniques 20171211 1
Arthroscopy is currently the gold standard for diagnosing intra-articular knee pathology. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a clinical adjunct for diagnosis; however, it is not without its shortcomings. Although highly accurate, even advanced imaging misdiagnoses the condition in 1 in 14 patients with regard to anterior cruciate ligament pathology. Previous studies have indicated that MRI fails to identify meniscal pathology when one exists in 1 of every 10 cases, and diagnoses pathology w ...[more]