PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yong Gil Hwang
AU  - C. Kent Kwoh
TI  - The METEOR trial: No rush to repair a torn meniscus
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13075
DP  - 2014 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 226--232
VI  - 81
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/4/226.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/4/226.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2014 Apr 01; 81
AB  - It is uncertain whether arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is better than physical therapy in patients who have a symptomatic torn meniscus on top of osteoarthritis of the knee. The Meniscal Repair in Osteoarthritis Research (METEOR) trial concluded that physical therapy is acceptable at first, and that surgery is not routinely needed. In patients assigned to physical therapy who eventually needed surgery, the delay resulting from a trial of conservative management did not impair outcomes at 12 months from the initial presentation. Here, we analyze the background, design, findings, and clinical implications of the METEOR trial.