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  • Healthcare Triage News: Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Isn’t Going to Fix Your Knee

      06/27/2015
      Aaron Carroll

    People are still getting arthroscopic knee surgery? Do they not watch Healthcare Triage?

    For those of you who want to read more:

    • Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee: systematic review and meta-analysis of benefits and harms
    • Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee
    • The Placebo Effect Doesn’t Apply Just to Pills

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