Knee Pain: Surgery Might Not Be Best Option




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Arthroscopic surgery for knee pain from meniscal tears accounts for 700,000 yearly surgeries at a cost of $4 billion dollars annually. However, a recent study suggests that surgery might not provide a better outcome than no surgery at all. Dr. Tom Miller asks assistant professor of orthopedic surgery Dr. Christopher Pelt about his take on the study and what a patient suffering from knee pain should learn from it.