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Arthroscopy to treat osteoarthritis of the knee?

Wayne Adams
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/mja13.10035
Published online: 22 July 2013

To the Editor: In their editorial, Buchbinder and Harris conclude that “The use of arthroscopy for knee osteoarthritis has been allowed to continue, exposing patients to an intervention that is at best ineffective, and at worst, harmful”.1


  • Benefits Management, HCF, Sydney, NSW.


Correspondence: wadams@hcf.com.au

Competing interests:

I am employed by HCF.

  • 1. Buchbinder R, Harris IA. Arthroscopy to treat osteoarthritis of the knee [editorial]? Med J Aust 2012; 197: 364-365. <MJA full text>

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