The orthopaedic community does not oppose the non-surgical treatment of degenerative meniscal lesions

Affiliations

¹ ESSKA Consensus Projects Advisor, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. drphilippebeaufils@gmail.com.
² ESSKA Past President, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
³ ESSKA Vice President, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ ESSKA President, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Editorial

Philippe Beaufils et al. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;29(2):329-332.

doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06411-9. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

¹ ESSKA Consensus Projects Advisor, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. drphilippebeaufils@gmail.com.
² ESSKA Past President, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
³ ESSKA Vice President, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ ESSKA President, ESSKA Office Centre Médical, Fondation Norbert Metz, 76, rue d'Eich, L-1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

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When taking a step back is a veritable leap forward. Reversing decades of arthroscopy for managing joint pain: five reasons that could explain declining rates of common arthroscopic surgeries.
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