Did the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons osteoarthritis guidelines miss the mark?

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-89

  Bannuru, Raveendhara R ^a,b,c   Vaysbrot, Elizaveta E ^a   McIntyre, Louis F ^d  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84891596523     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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