Practice patterns for arthroscopy of osteoarthritis of the knee in the United States

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1247-1251

  Potts, Aaron ^a   Harrast, John J ^b   Harner, Christopher D ^c   Miniaci, Anthony ^a   Jones, Morgan H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

chondroplasty; clinical practice patterns; clinical practice variation; knee arthroscopy; meniscectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861796618     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512443946     Document Type: Article

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