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Originally Posted by jfman
Can’t criticise the Tories without acknowledging that the same failures existed in New Labour!
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Nothing to do with failures on either side. Nothing to do with tax cuts. Some of those things are likely to have been already restricted in certain health authorities, even before 2010. Eg The arthroscopic cleaning of arthritic knee mentioned in this list, has been found to not be effective and was restricted in certain(possibly all) regions.
2005
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Arthroscopic debridement of the knee has thus far only been found to be effective for medial compartmental OA. All other indications should be reviewed with a view to reducing arthroscopic debridement as an effective therapy.
Arthroscopic lavage of the knee is not indicated for any stage of OA.
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2014
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Does knee arthroscopy have benefits?
The answer is fairly clear: Therapeutic arthroscopy has no benefits. In the studies, people who had arthroscopy had pain and other difficulties just as often afterwards as those who had not. One study assessed quality of life – that was also not improved by arthroscopy.
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There were also no differences between arthroscopy and other treatments such as hyaluronic acid injections, pain relieving medication, lavage or physiotherapy. Arthroscopy neither relieved pain nor any other knee problems better than other therapies. No difference was found between the groups in the two studies assessing quality of life either.
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