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Hip and knee surgery — a panacea?
Hip and knee surgery — a panacea?
There is no doubt that the definitive, evidence-based treatment for severe knee or hip osteoarthritis is a joint replacement. All other therapies are aimed at either reducing inflammation or pain and as yet we do not have effective treatments to rebuild cartilage and thus giving a person a new joint is the current best approach.
But, we need to ask the question, is...