The METEOR study, (Meniscal Tear in Osteoarthritis Research) demonstrated no significant difference in functional improvement after 6 months between patients who underwent surgery with postoperative physical therapy compared with those who received standard physical therapy alone.

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Three-quarters of the patients who took medicine still had angioplasty, compared with less than half of those who received stents, but there was no significant difference in how many deaths and heart attacks were prevented.

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