Controversies and State- of-the-Art Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

Each year, 5,000,000 patients will report to their doctors with significant knee pain but only 500,000 will require surgery.

There are currently no standard of care protocols for the conservative management of knee osteoarthritis (OA) for the remaining 4.5 million patients. The evidence for each of these modalities is in many cases controversial and the evidence for combinational therapies is almost nonexistent.

This course will educate practitioners about conservative treatment choices that are currently available as well as how to appropriately implement them into practice. This course will also provide insight into advances in surgical options for when conservative treatment fails.