Diagnostic accuracy of CT scan in intra-articular lesions of the knee (arthroscopic confirmation of 100 cases).
The results obtained for 100 CT scans of the knee confirmed by arthroscopy are analyzed in order to determine the probability of error in the various lesions and thus establish indications for the use of CT scan. This test was particularly reliable in traumatic lesions of the meniscus and in chronic breakage of the anterior cruciate ligament. It was more difficult to make an evaluation of degenerative meniscus tear or so-called "menisci at risk for tear". First and second degree chondropathies cannot be evaluated, while third and fourth degree ones may easily be evaluated on plane surfaces (tibial plate and patella), but not so easily on spherical surfaces (femoral condyles).
Gagliardi
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Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Ospedale M. Bufalini, Cesena.
Mughetti
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Gualtieri
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Gualtieri
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed