Sham surgery is just as effective as an arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in diminishing knee pain

SHAM SURGERY AS GOOD AS PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY (Orthopedics This Week)
Sham surgery is just as effective as an arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in diminishing knee pain.
That’s the result of a trial from the University of Helsinki, Finland involving 146 patients reported in the December 16, 2013 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). None of the patients had knee osteoarthritis but had symptoms of a degenerative medial meniscus tear. The outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy were no better than those after a sham surgical procedure.
The experiment involved volunteers wh...