American Journal of Sports Medicine
AJSM January 2024 Podcast: Preoperative Predictors of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy Outcomes: The APM Index Score
17 Jan 2024
Preoperative risk factors contributing to poor outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) have not yet been consolidated and codified into an index scoring system used to predict APM success. In conclusion, using this model, the authors developed an index score that, using preoperative factors, can help identify which patients will achieve clinical improvement after APM. Longer symptom duration and higher KL grade were associated with a decreased likelihood of clinical improvement as measured by KOOS Pain at 1 year postoperatively. Click here to read the article.
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