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Could the New England Journal of Medicine Be Biased Against Arthroscopic Knee Surgery? Part 2

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    Treatment options include watchful waiting, physiotherapy, medical treatment with acetaminophen and/or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs], intra-articular injection with corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy, and ultimately total knee replacement.8,9,11 The surgical treatment of degenerative meniscal lesions is controversial.5–9 Based on favourable results from case series and anecdotal evidence, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is a popular treatment for symptomatic meniscal lesions both with and without associated osteoarthritis12; however, randomised control trials have shown that this approach is no better than sham surgery or physical and medical therapy.13–20

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