title: Tears of the meniscus as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Forty-four patients who were examined by magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy to detect tears of the meniscus of the knee were studied. Twenty-eight patients (Group I) had had no previous operations on the knee. Sixteen patients (Group II) had had a previous operation on the knee that had been performed after a meniscal injury. In Group I, the percentage of correct diagnoses by magnetic resonance imaging was 45 per cent. If the false-negative results are excluded, the rate of accuracy was 65 per cent. Similarly poor results were found in Group II: a rate of accuracy of 49 per cent and, if we eliminate the false-negative results, the rate of accuracy was only 55 per cent.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries