Arthroscopic Surgery for Arthritis Knee Pain is Proven Worthless
Arthroscopic Surgery for Arthritis Knee Pain is Proven Worthless
Prior to receiving treatment in my office, half of my patients have had at least one or more arthroscopic knee surgeries, which did not meet their expectations. Unfortunately, after the knee surgery many of these patients still suffered from knee pain, swelling, reduced range of motion or some other problem that arthroscopic surgery did not fix. If only those patients would have known about the double blind studies that the New England Journal of Medicine had published about the results of arthroscopic surgery. The information would have saved them months of unnecessary suffering…
The New England Journal of Medicine, after two years of follow-up, reported on the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee. It was concluded that patients who had arthroscopic surgery (lavage or debridement) performed were no better off than those who underwent the placebo (fake surgery) procedure. (1) Dr. Kenneth Fine, an orthopedic surgeon at the George Washington University School of Medicine, said the procedure had long seemed to do nothing for patients’ “underlying arthritis”. (2)
As a matter of fact arthroscopic knee surgery actually creates more of the same problem that it is trying to repair. ‘Cleaning out’ or taking out cartilage just leads to more arthritis knee pain in the future. Unfortunately, this leaves the knee vulnerable to becoming ‘bone on bone’ and eventually a knee replacement must be performed.
Why undergo arthroscopic surgery and possibly set yourself up for a knee replacement in the future when you can undergo our Cold Laser Knee Program, and get results without any side-effects?
If you have had arthroscopic knee surgery to ‘clean up your knee’ and you’re still experiencing arthritis knee pain then our Cold Laser Knee Program may be able to help you. Join the hundreds of patients who we have helped by alleviating their arthritis knee pain, swelling, increasing their range of motion, and strengthening their weak muscles, and ultimately helping them avoid knee surgery.
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Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.-Your Cold Laser Doctor for the Non-Surgical Treatment of Knee Pain for the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001”
1. Moseley, JB, O’Malley, Peterson NJ, et al. A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee. New England Journal of Medicine. 347(2): 7/11/02: 81-88.
2. Kolata, G. Arthritis Surgery in Ailing Knees is Cited as Sham. New York Times. July 11, 2002: Al.
Arthroscopic Surgery for Arthritis Knee Pain is Proven Worthless | Dallas-Fort Worth Texas
Dr.Schnee of the Greater Dallas Metro Area, explains how arthroscopic surgery does not help arthritis knee pain problems and actually makes them worse
