Approaches to Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: Surgery vs. Non-Surgery Treatment

Introduction: Knee Osteoarthritis (KO) is a progressive, chronic disease that damage the joint cartilage of a knee and leads to a changes in a anatomy of the joint. Both surgical and non-surgical methods are used to treat the disease. In this study, we will compare the invasive vs non-invasive metho...

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Published inQuality in Sport Vol. 29; p. 55564
Main Authors Czyżewski, Filip, Banyś, Filip, Bochen, Konrad, Dudek, Stanisław, Jasiński, Filip, Łukawski, Artur, Pasierb, Karolina, Szałajska, Julia, Wiak, Iga, Wojtach, Klaudia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 26.10.2024
Subjects
Knee Injury
knee joint
knee osteoarthritis
osteoarthritis
osteoarthritis treatment
surgery
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Summary:Introduction: Knee Osteoarthritis (KO) is a progressive, chronic disease that damage the joint cartilage of a knee and leads to a changes in a anatomy of the joint. Both surgical and non-surgical methods are used to treat the disease. In this study, we will compare the invasive vs non-invasive methods of KO treatment. Objectives: The review and presentation of the current state of knowledge on Treating Knee Osteoarthritis, comparing surgery vs non-surgery methods. Material and Methods: Review of the studies available on open access sources at PubMed, Google Scholar and National Library of Medicine. Conclusions: Surgery approach for the Knee Osteoarthritis treatment are more durable, have better pain relief and treat casually the OA. Similar effects cannot be reached by non-surgery methods yet. However, there is a big promise in future studies about non-surgery methods, which can also raise a Quality of Life significantly and even avoid or postpone an operation in some groups of patients.
ISSN:2450-3118
2450-3118
DOI:10.12775/QS.2024.29.55564