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Knee arthroscopy often provides faster relief from meniscal tears, but studies show that by one year, most patients who start with physiotherapy achieve the same result. The METEOR trial highlights that early improvement after surgery can come at the cost of higher long-term arthritis risk. Because many patients in the physiotherapy group ultimately needed surgery, treatment should always be tailored — balancing short-term benefit against long-term joint health.

Many patients want to know how long recovery after a knee replacement takes. It is answered in the article "A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Total Knee Replacement" in the New England journal of medicine.

By Dr Christopher M. Phoon MBBS BSc(Med) FRACS(Orth) FAOrthA Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queenstown Joint Clinic Painkillers for Arthritis: What...