The patellar tendon wavy sign as a new secondary sign of ACL tear on MRI

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the patellar tendon wavy (PTW) sign for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear on MRI. Methods: One hundred MRI scans were prospectively analyzed, with 50 patients with an ACL tear underwent an ACL reconstruction (group 1...

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Main Authors: Huijun Kang, Kunpeng Fu, Conglei Dong, Fei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES 2018-09-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X1830004X