July 11, 2002 — Arthroscopic knee lavage or debridement was no better than placebo surgery in a randomized controlled trial described in the July 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "The ...

Arthroscopic lavage and débridement are used frequently to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis whose symptoms are refractory to medication. However, these procedures have not been subjected to ...

Corticosteroids effectively relieve symptoms in patients with rheumatic disease. Whether corticosteroid treatment combined with joint lavage is more beneficial than corticosteroid treatment alone is, ...

HOUSTON--(July 10, 2002)--Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who underwent placebo arthroscopic surgery were just as likely to report pain relief as those who received the real procedure, ...

Patients and physicians may be reluctant to abandon widely used treatments that have been found to be ineffective. In 2002 and 2008 the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid intends to issue a national noncoverage determination for arthroscopic lavage for patients with knee osteoarthritis, as well as for arthroscopic debridement for ...

Arthroscopic surgery may not be beneficial for moderate-to-severe knee osteoarthritis For moderate-to-severe secondary or idiopathic knee osteoarthritis, the addition of arthroscopic surgery appears ...

Trimming damaged tissue through arthroscopic surgery does not relieve pain and swelling in arthritic knees any better than simply flushing loose debris from the joint, according to a new review of ...

No benefit with arthroscopic surgery for knee OA Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy does not improve degenerative medial meniscus tear symptoms in patients without knee osteoarthritis. Arthroscopic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Single arthroscopic irrigation and debridement effectively eradicated septic arthritis among most native ...

Major doubt has been cast on the benefits of a common operation carried out on people with osteoarthritis of the knee. A US study has found that the procedure produced no better results than dummy ...