Knee treatment uses gelatin to plug the pain, not the jokes
A procedure that clogs blood vessels claims to ease arthritis pain — but the name is a real knee-jerk reaction.
The story
A study found that 80% of arthritis patients experienced lasting knee pain relief after a non-surgical procedure that blocks blood vessels, though the study lacked a control group and long-term data.
Source: www.foxnews.com
Our reading
The study says 80% of patients felt better after a procedure that clogs blood vessels in their knees. The treatment uses gelatin particles that dissolve, so no foreign material is left behind. That’s not the joke, though. The joke is that the procedure is called ‘genicular artery embolization.’ It’s like a fancy way of saying ‘we’re plugging the leak in your knee’s plumbing.’ And yet, the researchers are calling it a ‘safe, minimally invasive therapy.’ If you’re paying for it, you might want to ask if the gelatin is organic. But if you’re just a patient with aching knees, maybe you’ll just be glad they didn’t name it ‘knee-vein jazz hands.’
