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arthroscopy, knee

Indications: - removal or repair of meniscal tear - anterior cruciate ligament tear - tear or articular cartilage - removal of joint mice - removal of synovial inflammation (synovitis) Epidemiology: - in Florida, procedures declined by 24% from 2002-2015 [4] Management: - prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism of no benefit after knee arthroscopy [2]

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arthroscopic surgery

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arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament repair knee arthroscopic chondroplasty knee arthroscopy for infection

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arthroscopy

References

  1. OrthoInfo: Knee Arthroscopy http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00299
  2. van Adrichem RA, Nemeth B, Algra A et al Thromboprophylaxis after Knee Arthroscopy and Lower-Leg Casting. N Engl J Med. Dec 3, 2016 PMID: 27959702 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1613303
  3. Berger RE, Pai M, Rajasekhar A. Thromboprophylaxis after Knee Arthroscopy. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 9;376(6):580-583. PMID: 28177874 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMclde1615661
  4. Howard DH. Trends in the use of knee arthroscopy in adults. JAMA Intern Med 2018 Sep 24 PMID: 30264154