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Continuing Medical Education: Understanding Osteoarthritis.

Edited By: Gregory C. Gardner, M.D.
Last updated Friday, January 07, 2005

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Introduction

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and accounts the majority of "joint pain" visits to primary care physicians. This article emphasizes osteoarthritis of the knee and hip but treatment principles can be generalized to other joint areas. The approach to the treatment of osteoarthritis consists of education, exercise, assistive devices, medications, and surgical options and will be discussed below.

Surgery for arthritis at the University of Washington

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