Study Shows Value of Knee Replacement Surgery, Other Options

Times-Enterprise - Continued coverage of comments by David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about recent research which found that people with knees worn out by arthritis will get more pain relief from joint replacement surgery, but it has more risks and there's a good chance that less drastic approaches would also help. Goodman notes that the results of the study give "convincing" evidence that surgery helps, but that there are trade-offs on risks, and offers advice to patients weighing their options.