Borkhoff et al (2008) sent two standardized (scripted) patients to visit 38 family doctors and 29 orthopedic surgeons within a 3 hour drive of Toronto, ON. The patients were scripted to have identical symptoms and circumstances related to osteoarthritis. However, the male patient had arthroplasty recommended 67% of the time, compared to only 33% ( Read more... )

Megan Rauscher (2007), reporting for Reuters, discusses new findings by Yale medical student Peter Fabricant that indicate that women have poorer short-term recovery from "keyhole" knee surgery (arthroscopic partial meniscectomy). Age and body mass index (BMI) were not shown to have any effect on short-term recovery, but gender and arthritis did ( Read more... )