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Study shows arthroscopic surgery does not remedy knee arthritis
AP ^
| 09/10/2008
Posted on 09/11/2008 4:59:13 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritis
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: arthritis; health
To: Mount Athos
Does that work out to 2 billion dollars worth of surgery that might be useless?
Maybe my math is poor
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:01:07 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: Mount Athos
a procedure performed hundreds of thousands of times a year does not reduce joint pain or improve knee function, according to new research released Wednesday. The study of 178 adults
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:02:21 PM PDT
by
realdifferent1
(Mrs. Palin: Let's not build our own 'Messiah'.)
To: Mount Athos
However, it does work for many other conditions, such as cartilege repair.
To: Mount Athos
Removal of a torn Meniscus has allowed me to straighten my
legs with out a painful POP.
It's worth it just for that. Does it do anything about
arthritis no. I get Hyalgin injections every six months
and those help more than anything.
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:09:39 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:11:58 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Mount Athos
Had arthroscopic surgery on my hip a few years back at a major Boston hospital that’s world renowned for its Orthopedic service.At best I experienced a very modest improvement for a matter of a year or so.Just had the hip replaced.Now *that’s* relief!
To: Mount Athos
I had surgery for a “torn meniscus” with a top surgeon in New York City. It didn’t do any of good, in fact, I think it made things a bit worse. Now I just ignore the occasional soreness, its not that big of deal. I know some people have it much worse. I remember asking the surgeon all sorts of questions before the surgery and he got quite defensive. I should have taken that as a cue right there. The surgery seemed like a big scam, I’m lucky, I guess, my insurance covered all of it.
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:18:46 PM PDT
by
Catphish
To: Catphish
I’ve had the operation twice(torn meniscus). Both times were a great success. I watched the whole thing on the monitor with the doc (had a spinal block) and accused him of being an over-paid carpenter. Like he said though, no carpenter has ever done that much for moving me toward wellness. Praise be to new age medicine that does something.
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:35:46 PM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(SARAH_CUDA is home!!!)
To: Mount Athos
LOL. Now you tell me, after 6 weeks of rehab. Seriously, I had a couple of bone chips floating around, or I never would have done it.
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posted on
09/11/2008 5:38:42 PM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: Catphish
I had surgery for a torn meniscus with a top surgeon in New York City.
I tore them in both knees falling off my porch roof shoveling snow in 98
Didn't know it and 2 weeks later was back to jogging and running races
Several years ago my one knee acted up and although it didn't swell it had me limping
Went to my marathon running podiatrist who diagnosed it 15 secs after being in his office
He sent me for an MRI for confirmation and then recommended a great Dr at the U of P
By the time I got to see him the pain was already mitigating
He said NO scoping unless it was swelling and or popping out several times a year (which it never did
That was back in 2001 and I have been jogging /biking ever since with no problem
Nice to see there are some orthopods that aren't GO IN happy
BTW I am 72
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:04:20 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: tet68
I’ve had two in the same knee about 15 years apart. I could barely walk before and was fine after.
I know it worked for me. I went from 5 years to a knee replacement before to 10 to 15 years to knee replacement.
I’ll do it again if necessary.
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:05:42 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Mount Athos
In my case, two large tears repaired, one large floatie removed- arthritis not an issue-made the difference between walking or no. Depends on the problem as well as the severity of it.
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:49:43 PM PDT
by
newhouse
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:12:42 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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