Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1169-1170

  Marx, Robert G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTHROSCOPY; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARTHROSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 51649119876     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0804450     Document Type: Editorial

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