Djd Of The Knee
Arthroscopic knee surgery is no better for treating age-related osteoarthritis (OA) than rigorous physical therapy or drug treatment, a new study suggests. To reach this finding, researchers evaluated arthritis symptoms and outcomes in 178 OA patients who were assigned to physical and medication therapy alone or were given these treatments in combination with arthroscopic knee surgery. At the end of two years, none of the investigators' tests showed any significant difference between the...
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