Surgeon Practice Patterns of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Disease in the United States
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Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for degenerative meniscal tear.
To the Editor: Previous studies have suggested that partial meniscectomy has little benefit in patients with advanced osteoarthritis1,2 but some benefit in those with mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis.3 Sihvonen and colleagues (Dec. 26 issue)4 attempted to assess the benefit of partial meniscectomy in patients without osteoarthritis. However, although the authors excluded patients with radiograph...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2168-6254
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.6235