10-Year Trial Upends Common Knee Surgery: No Benefit, Potential Harm
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A 10-year randomized trial (FIDELITY) across Finnish hospitals shows partial meniscectomy for degenerative knee tears offers no advantage over placebo/sham surgery and may worsen symptoms, function, and progression of osteoarthritis, challenging the continued use of the procedure.
Topics:health#degenerative-meniscal-tear#health-and-medicine#knee-osteoarthritis#partial-meniscectomy#randomized-controlled-trial#sham-surgery
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