Another “huh?” study: Knee replacements work bests when patients/doctors agree

Regular readers here know that I often come across studies that make me say, "What the heck were they thinking when they proposed this topic and how the heck did they get funding for it??" (but with stronger language, often)

Here’s another one: A study, published in Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research), found found that when patients had better outcomes from surgery if they agreed with their surgeons about the importance and benefits of undergoing a knee replacement.

Ok, so now I have images of patients being dragged kicking and screaming into the operating room as their doctors prepare to perform the knee surgery on an unwilling patient.

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Tags: pain blog, knee replacements