Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 211-223 , February 2005

Factors predicting functional and radiographic outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: A review of the literature

  • Dennis S. Meredith, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School
    • ,
  • Elena Losina, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Clinical Sciences and Robert B. Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center
    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, and the Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Nizar N. Mahomed, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • John Wright, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • ,
  • Jeffrey N. Katz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School
    • Section of Clinical Sciences and Robert B. Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center
    • Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Jeffrey N. Katz, M.D., Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, B-3, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A

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 Supported by funding from a Marshall Barber Fellowship, the PASTEUR education program at Harvard Medical School, a Medical Student Research Preceptorship, an Arthritis Health Professional Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation, and National Institute of Health Grants No. K24 AR02123 and P60 AR47782.

PII: S0749-8063(04)01213-7

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.10.003

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 211-223 , February 2005

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