The role of surgery in early osteoarthritis of the knee

Early knee osteoarthritis (EKOA) is common, hard to treat and can be debilitating for symptomatic individuals. Whilst end-stage osteoarthritis is treated reliably with knee replacement surgery, such surgery is not routinely offered to those with less severe OA as it is associated with a poorer outco...

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Main Author: Palmer, Jonathan
Other Authors: Price, Andrew ; Beard, David ; Javaid, Kassim
Published: University of Oxford 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740908