• Regarding arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee; “more than 650,000 such procedures are performed each year at a cost of roughly $5,000 each.” Yet, there is no evidence that arthroscopy cures or arrests knee osteoarthritis.

• Objectively measured walking and stair climbing were poorer in the debridement group than in the placebo group at 2 weeks and 1 year and showed a trend toward worse functioning at 2 years

• “Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee provides no additional benefit to optimized physical and medical therapy.”

• “Although smoothing cartilage and meniscal irregularities may sound appealing, larger forces within and outside the joint environment, such as malalignment, muscle weakness, instability, and obesity, which are not addressed by this type of surgery, may have greater effects on the clinical outcomes of osteoarthritis of the knee.”
• “The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons guideline on the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee (2008) recommended against performing arthroscopy with a primary diagnosis of OA of the knee.”
• In one study, pertaining to knee osteoarthritis in animals, the authors were able to show

  that a low-powered red laser was able to enhance knee cartilage regeneration.

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