Summary
Two studies call into question whether many people with arthritis are needlessly undergoing one of the most common operations in America: arthroscopic knee surgery.
One finds that surgery is no better than medication and physical therapy for relieving the pain and stiffness of moderate or severe arthritis. The other reveals that tears in knee cartilage - which often prompt such surgeries - are very common without causing symptoms.See the full content of this document
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Studies: Too Many Knee Surgeries
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