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==Knee surgery==
==Sham knee surgery study==
[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/health/common-knee-surgery-does-very-little-for-some-study-suggests.html?hpw&rref=health Common knee surgery does very little for some, study suggests]<br>
[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/health/common-knee-surgery-does-very-little-for-some-study-suggests.html?hpw&rref=health Common knee surgery does very little for some, study suggests]<br>
by Pam Belluck, ''New York Times'', 25 December 2013
by Pam Belluck, ''New York Times'', 25 December 2013

Revision as of 22:59, 7 January 2014

Sham knee surgery study

Common knee surgery does very little for some, study suggests
by Pam Belluck, New York Times, 25 December 2013

The following quotation comes from a story in the Wall Street Journal:

"Doctors have a bad tendency to confuse what they believe with what they know," said Dr. Järvinen [one of the study's authors], an orthopedic resident and adjunct professor at Helsinki University Central Hospital.

The WSJ included this graphic

WSJ placebo knee.jpg

Submitted by Paul Alper