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A Common Knee Surgery Has Been Failing Decades, May Make Things Worse

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Every year, surgeons trim millions of damaged knee cartilages in a procedure so routine that most patients spend fewer than 24 hours in hospital. The logic seems airtight: if your meniscus is torn and your knee hurts, remove the torn bit. Pain fixed, function restored, patient goes home. It is, give or take, the kind of reasoning that feels self-evident. The kind you don’t really question.
A decade-long Finnish trial has just made questioning it rather urgent.
The results, published this w

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