Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. 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
2. Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2018
   Trial
3. Efficacy of Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery Versus Conservative Management on Knee Pain and Functional Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Cureus · 2024
   Review
4. Current Controversies in Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2022
   Review
5. ARthroscopy in Knee OsteoArthritis (ARK-OA): a multicentre study assessing compliance to national guidelines.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2021
   Article
6. Use of a Novel Variable Power Radiofrequency Ablation System Specific for Knee Chondroplasty: Surgical Experience and Two-Year Patient Results.Cureus · 2021
   Article
7. Non-Surgical Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: Multidisciplinary Italian Consensus on Best Practice.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2021
   Article
8. 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
9. Adverse outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: a study of 700 000 procedures in the national Hospital Episode Statistics database for England.Lancet (London, England) · 2018
   Observational
10. Anterolateral ligament anatomy: a comparative anatomical study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017
    Article
11. The Role of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in the Management of Degenerative Meniscus Tears: A Review of the Recent Literature.The open orthopaedics journal · 2016
    Article
12. Past and projected temporal trends in arthroscopic hip surgery in England between 2002 and 2013.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2016
    Article

Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee: systematic review and meta-analysis of benefits and harms.2015
• Reprinted as
  Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee: Overused, ineffective, and potentially harmful.2015

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