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MRI reliably characterizes medial meniscal tears

October 6, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. MRI reliably characterizes medial meniscal tears -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Studies from Korea and the U.S. show that MR imaging of the knee is a reliable and accurate test for the detection of specific subtypes of medial meniscal tears. MRI could also help identify false-positive injuries of the menisci and avoid unnecessary surgeries. Dr. So Yeon Lee and colleagues at the Catholic University of Korea reviewed records of 192 patients who underwent arthroscopy and MRI of the knee. They found that T2-weighted imaging provided the most useful sequence for diagnosis of radial tears of the medial meniscal root.

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