Arthroscopic procedures could delay the need for a subsequent knee arthroplasty in older patients with end-stage osteoarthritis.

CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic procedures could possibly delay the need for subsequent knee arthroplasty for approximately 65 months in older patients with osteoarthritis. However, microfracture does not affect the duration between therapeutic arthroscopy and subsequent arthroplasty. Our long-term retrospective study provides an additional step in the understanding of the impact of arthroscopic procedures and a prospective case-control study would be an ideal follow-up to fully justify the application of arthroscopic procedures to delay knee arthroplasty. PMID: 32114896 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) Source Type: research