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181: Expert Edition: Assoc Prof Patrick Weinrauch: Orthopaedic hip specialist 'hip joint pain'

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The Role of Arthroscopy in Reducing Arthritis

There is no evidence arthroscopy reduces hip osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease. In someone who's got like non-symptomatic cartilage damage that's demonstrated on a scan, there's no role for doing any intervention for that. The vast majority of people are not worried about theoretical risk of developing where into the future. It's more about functional resolution rather than risk of degenerative Joint Disease in the future.

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