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Diagnosis of meniscal lesions of the knee

Dhillon KS 1 , Doraisamy S 2 , Raveendran K 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Kuldip Singh Dhillon, FRCS. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Samuel Doraisamy, DMRD. Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 K. Raveendran, FRCS. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1985 Mar;40(1):24-7.
PMID: 3841686

Abstract

In a prospective study of 50 patients with suspected tear of the meniscus of the knee, the clinical diagnosis, arthrographic and arthroscopic findings were compared at arthro-tomy. The clinical diagnosis was correct in 85%, arthrographic in 54%, and arthroscopy in 91%of the patients.

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