Open AccessMedium-term efficacy of arthroscopic debridement vs conservative treatment for knee osteoarthritis of Kellgren-Lawrence grades I-III
Author(s) -
Bo Lv,
Kai Huang,
Jun Chen,
Zhuoyi Wu,
Hua Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i19.5102
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoarthritis , debridement (dental) , surgery , viscosupplementation , conservative treatment , arthroscopy , physical therapy , alternative medicine , pathology , intra articular
Arthroscopic debridement is a mature treatment for knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Due to the differences in the research subjects, methods, and efficacy evaluation indexes, there are great differences in the surgical efficacy reported in the literature.