Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Useless for Arthritis Pain
By Mike Adams, September 11, 2008 | Key concepts: Arthritis, Knee pain and Knee surgery
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Here's yet more evidence questioning the medical justification of a surgical procedure performed on hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. Arthroscopic knee surgery is medically useless, the study reveals. It's no better than doing nothing. Except, of course, that it makes millions of dollars for the surgeons who sell the procedure to gullible patients.
From Washingtonpost.com: One of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States -- arthroscopy to treat arthritis in the knee -- is useless, researchers reported yesterday. A study involving 178 men and women found that those who underwent the surgery fared no better than those who received medication and physical therapy only.... more
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