[MRT of the unoperated knee joint and the knee joint following alloplastic ligament replacement (polyethylene terephthalate)].
When using the spin-echo technique natural, ligament and menisci have practically nearly no signal. Degenerative lesions, lesions of cartilage, and osteochondrosis dissecans are visible. After ligament plastic the bore canal for the alloplastic ligament is visible. The advantages of MRI are pointed out.
D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology; D010008:Osteochondritis Dissecans / Q000473:pathology; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012421:Rupture; D014945:Wound Healing
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates
MRT des nichtoperierten Kniegelenkes und des Kniegelenkes nach alloplastischem Bandersatz (Polyäthylenterephthalat).