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Medical decision making in patients with knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis.

TitleMedical decision making in patients with knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsSuter, Lisa G., Liana Fraenkel, Elena Losina, Jeffrey N. Katz, Andreas H. Gomoll, and David A. Paltiel
JournalArthritis and rheumatism
Volume61
Issue11
Pagination1531-8
Date Published2009 Nov 15
ISSN0004-3591
KeywordsAged, Bayes Theorem, Decision Making, Humans, Knee Injuries, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Menisci, Tibial, Middle Aged, Models, Biological, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Pain, Predictive Value of Tests, Preoperative Care, Prevalence, Sensitivity and Specificity, Treatment Outcome
AbstractMeniscal tears and osteoarthritis (OA) frequently coexist, but to our knowledge, no data exist to identify who will benefit from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) versus nonoperative management. Our objective was to evaluate the capability of preoperative information to predict APM outcomes in OA.
DOI10.1111/j.1524-4733.2010.00763.x
Alternate JournalArthritis Rheum.

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