Articular Cartilage Repair - Concerns

Concerns

New research by Dr. Robert Litchfield, September 2008, of the University of Western Ontario concluded that routinely practised knee surgery is ineffective at reducing joint pain or improving joint function in people with osteoarthritis. The researchers did however find that arthroscopic surgery did help a minority of patients with milder symptoms, large tears or other damage to the meniscus) — cartilage pads that improve the congruence between femur and tibia bones.

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