A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Bruce Moseley, J.; J. O’Malley, Kimberly; J. Petersen, Nancy; Menke, Terri; A. Brody, Baruch; H. Kuykendall, David; C. Hollingsworth, John; M. Ashton, Carol; P. Wray, Nelda

doi:10.1056/nejmoa013259

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A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 11, 2002

Authors:

J. Bruce Moseley

Kimberly J. O’Malley

Nancy J. Petersen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Many patients report symptomatic relief after undergoing arthroscopy of the knee for osteoarthritis, but it is unclear how the procedure achieves this result. We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee. METHO...

Subject

Medicine

Placebo

Osteoarthritis

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