
Sports Medicine
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy & sham surgery similar for degenerative meniscal tear
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N Engl J Med. 2013 Dec 26;369(26):2515-24. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1305189
146 patients with degenerative meniscal tears were randomized to determine the efficacy of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Participants underwent either arthroscopic partial meniscectomy or sham-arthroscopic partial meniscectomy, and were assessed for 12 months postoperatively. The results indicated that outcomes for the group receiving arthroscopic partial meniscectomy did not significantly differ compared to the group who received sham surgery.
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