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Published: September 16, 2008
Studies give knee surgery a bum rap
By Linda A. Johnson
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 medicine 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 common without causin...

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