Arthroscopy for degenerate meniscal tears of the knee

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Price, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897999607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2382     Document Type: Editorial

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