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Cost-effectiveness of Early Surgery versus Conservative Treatment with Optional Delayed Meniscectomy for Patients over 45 years with non-obstructive meniscal tears (ESCAPE study): protocol of a randomised controlled trial

INTRODUCTION: Recent studies show similar outcome between surgery and conservative treatment in patients with non-obstructive meniscal tears. However, surgery is still often preferred over conservative treatment. When conservative treatment is non-inferior to surgery, shifting the current standard t...

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Autores principales: van de Graaf, Victor A, Scholtes, Vanessa A B, Wolterbeek, Nienke, Noorduyn, Julia C A, Neeter, Camille, van Tulder, Maurits W, Saris, Daniël B F, de Gast, Arthur, Poolman, Rudolf W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28003302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014381