AAOS: MRI Overused in Knee Replacement Surgery

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Thu, 03/06/2008 - 09:52

SAN FRANCISCO -- For most arthritis patients, X-ray is sufficient to determine the need for total knee arthroplasty, researchers said here.


 

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ood news for people with bad knees: A study released last week found that an old-fashioned X-ray may be better at diagnosing osteoarthritis than a much more costly magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, test. Since you may very well be responsible for paying a chunk of the cost of these diagnostic tests, that's useful information to keep in mind.

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