Arthroscopy for degenerative knee - A difficult habit to break?

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-217

  Järvinen, Teppo L N ^a   Sihvonen, Raine ^b   Englund, Martin ^c,d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Tampere City Hospital   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 84902660697     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2014.922736     Document Type: Editorial

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