title: [Clinical use of meniscus sonography].
abstract: We report on the sonography of the meniscus as a new non-invasive imaging technique for diagnosis of traumatic lesions of the menisci of the knee joint. Using an efficient ultrasound equipment with a 7.5 MHz sectorscanner, the sonographic imaging of all parts of the medial and the lateral meniscus is regularly successful. During 10 months more than 200 patients with symptoms of a traumatic meniscal lesion got a sonographic examination in our hospital. The results show that in 86% there is an identity with the operative findings. By sonographic imaging there can be seen longitudinal and transversal ruptures, 'fishmouth' - and 'bucket - handle' lesions and complete detachment of the meniscus. Decisive for the diagnosis is a hyperechogenic zone running through the homogeneous gray meniscus. With ultrasound, it is regularly possible to get information about the locality and the extension, but not about the kind of lesion.
authors.affiliation: Abt. für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätsklinikum Ulm/Donau.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heuchemer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bargon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Klinische Anwendung der Meniskussonographie.