Knee Pain? Ragged Cartilage? Research Suggests Surgery’s Not the Best Answer

KFF Health News · July 14, 2026

Thousands of Americans who undergo a common knee surgery might be making their problems worse rather than better. Researchers who followed patients for 10 years after they received either the actual procedure, arthroscopic knee surgery to trim degenerative cartilage tears, or merely “sham surgery”…

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