Knee Surgery
Knee surgery encompasses a range of surgical procedures performed to address various knee-related conditions or injuries. These procedures may include arthroscopic surgery, ligament reconstruction, cartilage repair, or knee replacement, depending on the specific diagnosis and severity of the problem.
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Could it be that the naked in Times Square moment is approaching for knee arthroscopy? The most common orthopedic surgery on earth has taken a beating in the medical research, with study after study showing it’s not effective. Now a new British Medical Journal study has begun to look at knee surgery side effects vs. the…read more
Can You Treat a Meniscus Tear Without Surgery?
The research support on using surgery to treat meniscus tears is collapsing. Study after study shows that this common surgery doesn’t work and likely sets patients up for more problems down the road. However, there’s one type of meniscus tear that has been thought to always require surgery – a flipped bucket handle tear. This type…read more
Microfracture Knee Alternatives: RIP Knee Microfracture?
Knee microfracture surgery is a common method used for cartilage repair. But does it work? A recent study says that microfracture knee alternatives should be used because the procedure is ineffective and should be abandoned. Knee microfracture is used for potholes in the cartilage. The theory is that poking or drilling small holes in the bone…read more Knee Microfracture Results a Bust in Long-term Study
Knee microfracture has become a standard of care procedure for small knee arthritis cartilage lesions. However, do we have research showing that it helps long-term? What are knee microfracture results? A new research study suggests that the long-term outcomes are pretty bad. Knee microfracture is about a 20 year old orthopedic surgery technique that’s commonly…read more Biking after Knee Replacement? New Study Shows Half of Patients Use Pain Medications 1 Year after Surgery
You’ve seen the commercials, happy smiling faces and active people biking after knee replacement. Do People Take Pain Medication After Knee Replacement Surgery? Most of the patients I know believe that their knee replacement will be magical. A big surgery yes, but all of their problems will vanish once they recover from that surgery. Regrettably,…read more Does Meniscus Surgery Work? A Quartet of Studies Says It’s No Better than Fake Surgery or PT
Few patients ask the obvious question about knee meniscus surgery: Does meniscus surgery work? The answer, after many different high quality studies is that it definitely doesn’t work. Let me explain. The first major paper on the efficacy of arthroscopic knee surgery was published more than a decade ago in 2002. It compared “arthroscopic debridement”…read more Knee ACL Tear Recovery? Are You Ever the Same After an ACL Surgery?
Almost every patient I have ever met believes that their knee will be the same after surgical ACL tear recovery. The ACL is a major stabilizer of the knee and often injured in sports. Most patients believe that when they injure their ACL ligaments, they can just get a new one-no harm no foul. I’ve already…read more Lateral Release Recovery: Do We Know this Knee Surgery Actually Works?
Why undergo lateral release recovery at all? If I had to create a list of bad knee surgeries just based on the hundreds of patients I’ve seen with failed knee surgeries, lateral release for knee cap tracking problems would be near the top of that list. Based on that experience, it’s another knee surgery with…read more 
