Cost effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee.
When compared to diagnostic arthroscopy in patients with knee complaints consistent with internal derangement, MR imaging emerges as a cost effective diagnostic supplement to clinical examination. This article concludes that the results of MR imaging can be used as a guide for the management of knee pain.
D001182:Arthroscopy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000191:economics*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis