Surgeon Practice Patterns of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Disease in the United States: A Measure of Low-Value Care

JAMA Surg. 2018 May 1;153(5):494-496. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.6235.

Philip F Stahel^{1

2}, Peiqi Wang³, Susan Hutfless^{3

4}, Eric McCarty², Philip S Mehler⁵, Greg Michael Osgood⁶, Martin A Makary^{6

7}

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Rocky Vista University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Parker, Colorado.
² Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
³ Gastrointestinal Epidemiology Research Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This study measures surgeon practice patterns of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy–only surgical procedures.