I am only a humble GP but I hope this helps
Mike
>I have the following questions:
>
>1. Who actually decides on post-operative care after an athroscopy?
Usually the orthopaedic consultant or one of his team of drs.
>2. Where is the information held about a given operation? (I.E. What
> type of tear, how successful the operation was, what treatment was
> decided upon, how successful it was, etc.)
Usually in the patients notes or if you are unlucky in the surgeon's head.
They are notorious with their record keeping. However, I am sure there are
publised trials of data on arthroscopies - I know that several lists exist
on Mailbase for orthopaedics so contact the mailbase website for further
info
>3. How do i get access to this data?
>
Try answer to question 2, but if you find the name of a surgeon publishing
his results then try contacting him.
>4. Can anyone recommend any similar studies they've heard of that
> might hold the data i'm looking for?
Don't know
>Thanks in advance, and if this is off-list-topic then please mail me
>privately.
>
>Alex Melichar
>
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