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Table 1 The different knee arthroscopic procedures included in the study

From: Update on the risks of complications after knee arthroscopy

Codea

Knee arthroscopic procedure

NGA01

Exploration of soft tissue of knee or lower leg; arthroscopic

NGA11

Exploration of knee joint; arthroscopic

NGA21

Biopsy of soft tissue of knee or lower leg; arthroscopic

NGA31

Biopsy of bone of knee or lower leg; arthroscopic

NGD01

Total excision of meniscus; arthroscopic

NGD11

Partial excision of meniscus; arthroscopic

NGD21

Reinsertion of meniscus; arthroscopic

NGD91

Other operation on meniscus; arthroscopic

NGE01

Incision or suture of joint capsule of knee; arthroscopic

NGE11

Transcision or excision of ligament of knee; arthroscopic

NGE21

Suture or replantation of ligament of knee; arthroscopic

NGE31

Transposition of ligament of knee; arthroscopic

NGE41

Reconstruction of ligament of knee without foreign object; arthroscopic

NGE51

Reconstruction of ligament of knee with foreign object; arthroscopic

NGE91

Other surgery on capsule or ligament of knee; arthroscopic

NGF01

Total synovectomy of knee; arthroscopic

NGF11

Partial synovectomy of knee; arthroscopic

NGF21

Fixation of fragment of surface of knee; arthroscopic

NGF31

Partial excision of joint cartilage of knee; arthroscopic

NGF91

Other operation on synovia or joint surface of knee; arthroscopic

NGH31

Freeing of adhesions of knee joint; arthroscopic

NGH51

Excision of intraarticular exostosis or osteophyte of knee; arthroscopic

NGH71

Surgery for habitual dislocation of knee joint; arthroscopic

NGH91

Other operation of knee joint; arthroscopic

  1. aSurgical codes according to “Klassifikation av. vårdåtgärder” (KVÅ) [in Swedish]