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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline on

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline on The Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans Summary of Recommendations The following is a summary of the recommendations in the AAOS’ clinical practice guideline, The Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) of the Knee. The scope of this guideline is specifically limited to Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee. This summary does not contain rationales that explain how and why these recommendations were developed nor does it contain the evidence supporting these recommendations. All readers of this summary are strongly urged to consult the full guideline and evidence report for this information. We are confident that those who read the full guideline and evidence report will also see that the recommendations were developed using systematic evidence-based processes designed to combat bias, enhance transparency, and promote reproducibility. This summary of recommendations is not intended to stand alone. Treatment decisions should be made in light of all circumstances presented by the patient. Treatments and procedures applicable to the individual patient rely on mutual communication between patient, physician and other healthcare practitioners. In a patient with knee symptoms (pain, swelling, locking, catching, popping, giving way) and/or signs (tenderness, effusion, loss of motion, crepitus), x-rays (including AP, lateral, sunrise/Merchant, and tunnel views) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Wolters Kluwer Health

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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Subject
Evidence-Based Orthopaedics
ISSN
0021-9355
eISSN
1535-1386
DOI
10.2106/JBJS.9414ebo
pmid
22810404
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Abstract

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans Summary of Recommendations The following is a summary of the recommendations in the AAOS’ clinical practice guideline, The Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) of the Knee. The scope of this guideline is specifically limited to Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee. This summary does not contain rationales that explain how and why these recommendations were developed nor does it contain the evidence supporting these recommendations. All readers of this summary are strongly urged to consult the full guideline and evidence report for this information. We are confident that those who read the full guideline and evidence report will also see that the recommendations were developed using systematic evidence-based processes designed to combat bias, enhance transparency, and promote reproducibility. This summary of recommendations is not intended to stand alone. Treatment decisions should be made in light of all circumstances presented by the patient. Treatments and procedures applicable to the individual patient rely on mutual communication between patient, physician and other healthcare practitioners. In a patient with knee symptoms (pain, swelling, locking, catching, popping, giving way) and/or signs (tenderness, effusion, loss of motion, crepitus), x-rays (including AP, lateral, sunrise/Merchant, and tunnel views)

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Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jul 18, 2012

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