Section 5 of 8
Conclusions
B.A.M. Snoeker, R.W. Poolman, A. Turkiewicz, D.T. Grønne, S.A.F. Heijnen, H.A. Zuiderbaan, P. Neuman, D. Meuffels, M. Englund, and J.B. Thorlund · about 1 minutes
Orthopaedic surgeons seem to exhibit little agreement as to whether they are willing to randomize an isolated meniscal tear, but also what treatment option is best on 18–40-year-old patients with isolated meniscal tears. These findings justify a well-designed RCT for comparing resection vs repair. It also highlights opportunities for natural experimental evaluation alongside this RCT if non-consensus results in pseudo-randomization, making causal inference feasible.