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Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics

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We welcome one of our newest researchers to the team, Dr. Robert Andersson, bringing fresh perspectives and expertise to drive our work forward. 

Check out his full bio on our website: https://t.co/gusMIiCUQB

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The Studia Medicina event on May 20 focused on domestic violence. Patroned by Mrs. Suzanne Innes-Stubb, the event featured host Dr. and Adjunct Professor Johanna Uittamo, who discussed research surrounding violence among healthcare patients.

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Remembering Dr. Richard Lehman: A Legacy of Clinical Wisdom and Humour https://t.co/lQumXSNi52
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Studia Medicina: Domestic Violence – How to Recognize and Help.

This event will take place on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026, from 17:00 to 19:00. Studia Medicina events are public, open to everyone, and offer the opportunity to ask experts questions.

you can attend on-site or join via link, more information and link here: https://t.co/iRUMKFSX9A

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Studia Medicina: Lähisuhdeväkivalta – miten tunnistamme ja autamme
Tapahtuma järjestetään keskiviikkona 20.5.2026 klo 17.00–19.00. Studia Medicinat ovat kaikille avoimia yleisötilaisuuksia, joissa on myös mahdollisuus esittää kysymyksiä asiantuntijoille.

Voit osallistua tilaisuuteen paikan päällä tai etänä, lisätietoa ja osallistumislinkki täällä: https://t.co/iRUMKFSX9A

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Studia Medicina: Lähisuhdeväkivalta – miten tunnistamme ja autamme
Tapahtuma järjestetään keskiviikkona 20.5.2026 klo 17.00–19.00. Studia Medicinat ovat kaikille avoimia yleisötilaisuuksia, joissa on myös mahdollisuus esittää kysymyksiä asiantuntijoille.

Voit osallistua tilaisuuteen paikan päällä tai etänä, lisätietoa ja osallistumislinkki täällä: https://t.co/oNA9JITND5

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Studia Medicina: Domestic Violence – How to Recognize and Help.

This event will take place on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026, from 17:00 to 19:00. Studia Medicina events are public, open to everyone, and offer the opportunity to ask experts questions.

you can attend on-site or join via link, more information and link here: https://t.co/oNA9JITND5

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Congratulations to Tappara on the win once again! 🏆

We’re proud to see one of our researchers Raine Sihvonen celebrating with the team as Tappara’s doctor. Our researchers do many things, and supporting sports is one of them!

#Tappara #Research #IceHockey #Orthopedics

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Congratulations to Tappara on the win once again! 🏆

We’re proud to see one of our researchers Raine Sihvonen celebrating with the team as Tappara’s doctor. Our researchers do many things, and supporting sports is one of them!

#Tappara #Research #IceHockey #Orthopedics

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Studia Medicina: Lähisuhdeväkivalta – miten tunnistamme ja autamme
Tapahtuma järjestetään keskiviikkona 20.5.2026 klo 17.00–19.00. Studia Medicinat ovat kaikille avoimia yleisötilaisuuksia, joissa on myös mahdollisuus esittää kysymyksiä asiantuntijoille.

Voit osallistua tilaisuuteen paikan päällä tai etänä, lisätietoa ja osallistumislinkki täällä: https://t.co/oNA9JITND5
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Studia Medicina: Domestic Violence – How to Recognize and Help.
This event will take place on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026, from 17:00 to 19:00. Studia Medicina events are public, open to everyone, and offer the opportunity to ask experts questions.

you can attend on-site or join via link, more information and link here: https://t.co/oNA9JITND5

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https://t.co/q7G9FGP6AU specializes in exclusive interviews with researchers across multiple medical specialties.

Now interview with Teppo Järvinen, Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki and HUS. Topic is the FIDELITY trial and the results that have just been published in NEJM: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) provided no benefit over placebo surgery, and may worsen longterm outcomes.

You can find more information about the interview here: https://t.co/ltyZSIAvJb

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

Many years ago I hurt my knee playing sports. I was referred to the orthopedist for one of the local pro teams. After keeping me waiting for 2.5 hours, he diagnosed a cartilage tear and recommended surgery. I was so mad at his manner and tardiness I left without scheduling.

The next week I got a second opinion from a much younger doc who was likely more current on the recent medical literature. He looked at the same MRI. He said he could do surgery now but his advice was to wait 30 days and see if it healed on its own. It did.

Medical reversal is when a practice that became widely used is later shown to be ineffective or even harmful. Examples like meniscus surgery show the need to keep gathering evidence. A not immaterial part of the practice of modern medicine doesn't improve health, and may be net harmful.

[Teppo Järvinen @shamteppo]

We performed arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for decades.

Then tested it against placebo.

And followed patients for 10 years.

No benefit.
Signals of harm.

The challenge now is not evidence —
but what we do with it.

[Gary Schwitzer @garyschwitzer]

.@shamteppo & his Finnish team specializing in trials of real orthopedic surgery vs. sham surgery has done it again. This time on arthroscopic surgery to remove torn/damaged meniscus cartilage. https://t.co/epXFQuN5Mu

[Venk Murthy MD PhD @venkmurthy]

This is an important lesson for those who argue for whole body screening MRIs & unproven labs

Even something as "simple" as repairing torn meniscus turns out to not be so simple!

Now extend to numerous "spots" on a scan with little known beyond that...

https://t.co/sE8q1YO32p

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Tutkimuksen 10 vuoden tulokset kokonaisuudessaan luettavissa täällä:
The full 10-year results available here:
https://t.co/PMPsmzDs0u

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Teppo Järvinen (@shamteppo) vieraili tänään Huomenta Suomi -ohjelmassa kertomassa FIDELITY-tutkimuksen 10 vuoden tuloksista, sekä kommentoimassa polvileikkausten nykytilaa Suomessa ja kansainvälisesti.

Klippi on katsottavissa täällä: https://t.co/Hqm43rcbnC

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Teppo Järvinen (@shamteppo) appeared on the popular morning show Huomenta Suomi today to discuss the 10-year results of the FIDELITY trial and comment on the current state of knee surgeries in Finland and internationally.

Watch the clip here: https://t.co/Hqm43rcbnC

[Prof. Peter C Gøtzsche @PGtzsche1]

Knee surgery: We found no evidence of benefit from the procedure, with a suggestion of worse outcomes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy than after sham surgery. 10-year follow-up of Teppo Järvinen’s randomised trial. https://t.co/7b3PvzpZm8

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@NEJM FIDELITY trial
🔹Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy vs. Placebo Surgery
🔹Earlier 1 year results and now 10 year results in @NEJM
🔹RCT, over 90 % follow-up
⛔️No benefit, but possible harm

[NEJM @NEJM]

Correspondence: Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Tear — 10-Year Outcomes (FIDELITY trial) https://t.co/yz9B723A5M #Surgery #Orthopedics