Surgical decision making for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in patients aged over 40 years

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lyman, Stephen ^a   Oh, Luke S ^b   Reinhardt, Keith R ^a   Mandl, Lisa A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c   Levy, Bruce A ^d   Marx, Robert G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; HUMAN; MENISCECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; SURGEON;

EID: 84859215369     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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