Meniscectomy in patients with knee osteoarthritis and a meniscal tear?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Osteoarthritis Development Following Meniscectomy vs. Meniscal Repair for Posterior Medial Meniscus Injuries: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024
   Pooled it
2. Comparison of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy to Physical Therapy following Degenerative Meniscus Tears: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.BioMed research international · 2020
   Pooled it
3. Arthroscopic meniscal surgery: a national society treatment guideline and consensus statement.The bone & joint journal · 2019
   Guideline
4. Arthroscopic meniscal surgery versus conservative management in patients aged 40 years and older: a meta-analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2018
   Pooled it
5. Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative tears of the meniscus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2014
   Pooled it
6. Return to work after subacromial decompression, diagnostic arthroscopy, or exercise therapy for shoulder impingement: a randomised, placebo-surgery controlled FIMPACT clinical trial with five-year follow-up.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021
   Trial
7. Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: a 5-year follow-up of a randomised, placebo surgery controlled clinical trial.British journal of sports medicine · 2021
   Trial
8. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for a degenerative meniscus tear: a 5 year follow-up of the placebo-surgery controlled FIDELITY (Finnish Degenerative Meniscus Lesion Study) trial.British journal of sports medicine · 2020
   Trial
9. Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: randomised, placebo surgery controlled clinical trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2018
   Trial
10. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus placebo surgery for a degenerative meniscus tear: a 2-year follow-up of the randomised controlled trial.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2018
    Trial
11. Finnish Subacromial Impingement Arthroscopy Controlled Trial (FIMPACT): a protocol for a randomised trial comparing arthroscopic subacromial decompression and diagnostic arthroscopy (placebo control), with an exercise therapy control, in the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome.BMJ open · 2017
    Trial
12. Predictors and Outcomes of Crossover to Surgery from Physical Therapy for Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial Comparing Physical Therapy and Surgery.The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2016
    Trial
13. Efficacy of Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery Versus Conservative Management on Knee Pain and Functional Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Cureus · 2024
    Review
14. Current Controversies in Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2022
    Review
15. Knee Arthroscopic Surgery in Middle-Aged Patients With Meniscal Symptoms: A 5-Year Follow-up of a Prospective, Randomized Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020
    Article
16. A consensus-based process identifying physical therapy and exercise treatments for patients with degenerative meniscal tears and knee OA: the TeMPO physical therapy interventions and home exercise program.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019
    Article
17. The TeMPO trial (treatment of meniscal tears in osteoarthritis): rationale and design features for a four arm randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018
    Article
18. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is superior to physical rehabilitation in the management of symptomatic unstable meniscal tears.International orthopaedics · 2015
    Article
19. Advances in arthroscopy-indications and therapeutic applications.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2015
    Review

Corrections and comments

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  Surgery versus physical therapy for a meniscal tear and osteoarthritis.2013

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