TY - JOUR T1 - Commentary on an article by Sunny Kim, PhD, et al.: “Increase in Outpatient Knee Arthroscopy in the United States: A Comparison of National Surveys of Ambulatory Surgery, 1996 and 2006” AU - Gracy, John Y1 - 2011/05/18 N1 - 10.2106/JBJS.0K00271 JO - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery SP - e64 1 EP - 1 VL - 93 IS - 11 N2 - Kim et al. reviewed the number of knee arthroscopy procedures in the United States in both 1996 and 2006, and the trends from the past to the future, questioning why the rates of arthroscopic procedures have changed and where we are headed. "Where we are headed" could be rephrased: "Are we doing the right thing for our patients?" On the basis of the numbers the authors collated from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency of Health Research and Quality, there is no doubt about the vast increase in outpatient knee arthroscopy in the United States. The important questions are: Is the change real? Why has there been an increase? and Why is the rate of arthroscopic procedures performed in the U.S. more than double the rates in Ontario and England? SN - 0021-9355 M3 - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.0K00271 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.0K00271 ER -