Does that work out to 2 billion dollars worth of surgery that might be useless?
Maybe my math is poor
However, it does work for many other conditions, such as cartilege repair.
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Had arthroscopic surgery on my hip a few years back at a major Boston hospital that’s world renowned for its Orthopedic service.At best I experienced a very modest improvement for a matter of a year or so.Just had the hip replaced.Now *that’s* relief!
I had surgery for a “torn meniscus” with a top surgeon in New York City. It didn’t do any of good, in fact, I think it made things a bit worse. Now I just ignore the occasional soreness, its not that big of deal. I know some people have it much worse. I remember asking the surgeon all sorts of questions before the surgery and he got quite defensive. I should have taken that as a cue right there. The surgery seemed like a big scam, I’m lucky, I guess, my insurance covered all of it.
LOL. Now you tell me, after 6 weeks of rehab. Seriously, I had a couple of bone chips floating around, or I never would have done it.
In my case, two large tears repaired, one large floatie removed- arthritis not an issue-made the difference between walking or no. Depends on the problem as well as the severity of it.