Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear

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Raine Sihvonen · Hatanpää Hospital

Mika Paavola · University of Helsinki

Antti Malmivaara

Ari Itälä · University of Turku

Antti Joukainen · Kuopio University Hospital

Heikki Nurmi · Central Finland Health Care District

Juha Kalske · University of Helsinki

Abstract

In this trial involving patients without knee osteoarthritis but with symptoms of a degenerative medial meniscus tear, the outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy were no better than those after a sham surgical procedure. (Funded by the Sigrid Juselius Foundation and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00549172.).

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Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 369, Issue 26, pp. 2515-2524

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1305189

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Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear

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