Research Shows Surgery For Osteoarthritis Of The Knee Proven Worthless!
May 22nd, 2010 by Dirk Kanc
Cited in the New York Times July 11, 2002, Arthroscopic surgery on the knee for the symptoms of pain and stiffness due to osteoarthritis is performed on at least 225,000 middle-aged and older Americans each year at a cost of more than a billion dollars to Medicare, the Department of Veterans Affairs and private insurers. When medical conservative treatment does not relieve osteoarthritic knee pain, procedures such as arthroscopic lavage or debridement are often used. Over 650,000 such procedures are performed every year at a cost of about $5,000 each. As more and more people search for alternative therapies such as chiropractic care, this research has much importance.
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