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Evidence base for orthopaedics and sports medicine
Authors’ reply to Chitnavis
BMJ 2015; 350 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h431 (Published 28 January 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;350:h431
- L Stefan Lohmander, professor1,
- Ewa M Roos, professor2
- 1Orthopaedics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, 22185 Lund, Sweden
- 2Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- stefan.lohmander{at}med.lu.se
We thank Chitnavis for his response and wish to correct some misconceptions about published results.1 2
At least nine published randomised controlled trials have compared the benefit of arthroscopic meniscal surgery with non-surgical management or sham surgery. The most recent systematic review and meta-analysis concludes “there is no benefit to arthroscopic meniscal debridement for degenerative meniscal tears in comparison with nonoperative or sham treatments …
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