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McLaren, A.C., Blokkerb, C.P., Fowler, P.J., Roth, J.N. and Rock, M.G. (1991) Arthroscopic Debridement of the Knee for Osteoarthritis. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 34, 595-598.

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• TITLE: Arthroscopic Debridement with Lavage and Arthroscopic Lavage Only as the Treatment of Symptomatic Osteoarthritic Knee

  AUTHORS: Suhail Karkabi, Nahum Rosenberg

  KEYWORDS: Arthroscopy, Knee, Osteoarthritis, Debridement, Lavage

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics, Vol.5 No.2, June 8, 2015

  ABSTRACT: In this prospective follow up study we evaluated and compared the effect of arthroscopic lavage with and without debridement as a treatment of moderately osteoarthritic knees in middle aged and elderly population. The study group comprised of 500 patients (250 patients for each type of treatment, mean age 58 years). The patients were followed six months, three years and six years postoperatively. Following both treatments there was a clear deterioration in function of the knee function over the time, as measured starting at six months follow up until six years postoperatively (p