Clinicians Debate Use Of Arthroscopy In Patients With Osteoarthritis
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee provides no additional benefit to optimized physical and medical therapy, a new study shows. An accompanying editorial, however, points out that the study has some weaknesses and argues strongly that arthroscopy does have a role in some patients with osteoarthritis.