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Skip Arthroscopy for Degenerative Knee Disease, Report Says

Knee arthroscopy is not cost-effective and is strongly discouraged for patients with degenerative knee disease, say authors of a meta-analysis-based practice guideline published May 10 in the BMJ. The ...
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Corticosteroids within 2 weeks after knee arthroscopy may increase risk of infection

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Corticosteroid injections within 2 weeks after knee ...
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Arthroscopy Doesn't Delay Total Knee Replacement in Knee Osteoarthritis

Adding arthroscopic surgery to nonoperative management neither delays nor accelerates the timing of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Some case series show that ...
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3 Critical Knee Arthroscopy Coding Pitfalls Impacting an ASC’s Bottom Line

Our last coding challenge comes with determining the reporting of CPT code 29877 vs. HCPCS Level II Code G0289, Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, ...
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Knee Problems In Women: Why do women have more knee problems than men? Learn the causes and preventive measures..

Knee Problems In Women: Knee problems occur in both men and women, but research has shown that women are two to eight times more likely than men to suffer knee injuries, such as ACL (Anterior Cruciate ...