title: MR imaging evaluation of the postoperative meniscus.
abstract: MR imaging has been widely evaluated in the assessment of patients with recurrent or residual symptoms following meniscal surgery. Importantly, the causes of such symptoms may relate to failure or complication of the surgical procedure, a possible recurrent or residual meniscal tear, or may be related to other causes of joint symptoms, including tears of the contralateral meniscus, or local hyaline cartilage, or marrow abnormalities subjacent to or distant to the meniscal surgical site. The complex diagnostic issues involved in the MR imaging evaluation of the postoperative meniscus were identified in early MR imaging studies. The knowledge of the normal MR imaging appearance of the knee after the more common repair procedures will allow radiologists to recognize complications associated with such procedures. In this article, we discuss the MR imaging evaluation of the knee after meniscal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, S. G. Moscati Hospital, Via Gramsci, 81031, Aversa, Italy. annarusso81@Yahoo.It.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.affiliation: Varelli Diagnostic Institute of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Solofra Hospital, Avellino, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laporta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, A.O.U. San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic DAM Institute, Nocera Inferiore (Salerno), Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Agosto
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, S. G. Moscati Hospital, Via Gramsci, 81031, Aversa, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giovine
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zappia
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reginelli
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: MRI; Meniscal surgery; Meniscal tear