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Doing Nothing is Better than Surgery According to the New Enland Journal of Medicine
No Evidence Sometimes Needed To Adopt New Knee Treatment; To Give Them Up Is Another Story
The New England Journal of Medicine twice published studies showing that in comparisons arthroscopic knee surgery and doing nothing were equally effective knee pain treatment, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
"One of the paradoxes of modern medicine is a procedure can gain wide acceptance without good evidence of its effectiveness -- yet once widely adopted, numerous studies must be done to persuade doctors that the procedure doesn't work.
"No knee treatments are just as effective as surgery. That's a problem when it comes to efforts to use science to combat the steep growth of health costs. "The hope is that comparative-effectiveness research can reduce spending on knee treatment that is ineffective or no more effective than less expensive alternatives, and, in some cases, may actually be harmful." But, only if the research finds acceptance (Bolton, 9/26).
