Mechanical symptoms and arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in patients with degenerative meniscus tear: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 449-455

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

^a Tampere ^*  (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL SYMPTOM; MENISCECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962627811     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0899     Document Type: Article

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