Knee surgery: The chances of developing arthritis afterward.
Hello!
I have said it many times, we are not a fan of surgery for pain as it causes permanent damage to the body and for many does more harm than good in the long term.
When clients come to us, they want to avoid surgery, we have helped so many avoid surgery we are known as the only place to go for knee pain.
But what about those that had surgery, what are their chances of developing knee arthritis?
Let us have a look at what the science says.
We found a study that looked at 123 people that had a knee meniscectomy surgery that we followed up 27 years after the surgery and examined their knees.
Let us look at what they found.
“Mild radiographic changes were found in 76 (71%) of the knees, while more advanced changes, comparable with a Kellgren-Lawrence grade of 2 or higher, were seen in 51 (48%).”
“Knee symptoms were reported twice as often in the study group as in the controls.”
Almost ¾ of all those that had knee surgery had the early stages of knee arthritis and almost 50% had advanced degeneration of their knees.
They go on to say “Surgical removal of a meniscus following knee injury represents a significant risk factor for radiographic tibiofemoral OA (Knee arthritis)”
If you wanted to keep and maintain what you have so that you can keep being active as you get older, this type of knee surgery is not the right choice.
Do you want to try something different?
Jason
