PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - James Rosneck
AU  - Carlos A. Higuera
AU  - Nabil Tadross
AU  - Viktor Krebs
AU  - Wael K. Barsoum
TI  - Managing knee osteoarthritis before and after arthroplasty
DP  - 2007 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 663--671
VI  - 74
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/9/663.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/9/663.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2007 Sep 01; 74
AB  - Primary care physicians play a key role in the diagnosis and the nonoperative management of knee osteoarthritis (OA), including monitoring for problems in patients who have undergone knee replacement surgery. This article reviews key clinical and radiographic findings of knee OA, options for conservative management, and signs and symptoms of complications after total knee arthroplasty.