This Common Knee Surgery May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

A 10-year follow-up of the FIDELITY trial, which was controlled with placebo surgery, found that partial meniscectomy does not improve patients’ symptoms or function. Partial meniscectomy, a procedure that trims a degenerated meniscus, is among the most frequently performed orthopedic surgeries worldwide. Although its use has dropped sharply in Finland in recent years, the operation [...]