Montreal Gazette
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📍 QC
May 20, 2026
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Labos: How new data cast doubt on an old surgery
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Labos: How new data cast doubt on an old surgery
Over the past decade, the frequency of meniscus procedures has been decreasing for exactly this reason.
Surgically removing or trimming back a torn meniscus seems to make a ton of sense. But when it was ultimately tested in a randomized controlled trial, it had no benefit, writes Dr. Christopher Labos. (Getty Images / iStockphoto)
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Christopher Labos, Special to the Montreal Gazette
May 20, 2026 at 6:55 a.m.
In medicine, many treatments that seem logical and plausible don’t end up working when tested in patients. That almost count…
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