A controlled trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-88

  Bruce Moseley, J ^a,b   O'Malley, Kimberly ^a,c   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,c   Menke, Terri J ^a,c   Brody, Baruch A ^d   Kuykendall, David H ^a,e   Hollingsworth, John C ^f   Ashton, Carol M ^a,c   Wray, Nelda P ^a,c,d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c Section of Health Services Research   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e International Survey Research   (United States)

^f Laguna Honda Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; WALKING;

EID: 0037063133     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa013259     Document Type: Article

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