title: Meniscal allografts: evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging and correlation with arthroscopy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To correlate clinical results to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and arthroscopy after cryopreserved nontissue-antigen-matched meniscal transplantations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Blinded; the observers were blinded for each others' assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen consecutive patients were included in the protocol. First, clinical evaluation and MRI were performed. Second, within 24 hours, arthroscopy was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical results showed better correlation between clinical results and arthroscopy than between clinical results and MRI. In the present study, MRI was not beneficial in evaluating meniscal transplants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using more sophisticated MRI techniques, the correlation between clinical results, arthroscopy, and MRI could probably be improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Westeinde Hospital, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: van Arkel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goei
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Ploeg
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: de Boer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014741:Video Recording