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From article page

osteophytes of the knee

Xray diagnosis of my knee swelling and pain indicated osteophytes of the knee, further diagnosis will be a knee scan with dye and an MRI. I have read taping can reduce pain and improve movement over time so I am wrapping my knee with an ace bandage. Please include your treatment experience of knee pain in this article. thanks

I moved this here because it is a question. JFW | T@lk 12:51, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Replacement rate and such

The article says

In an adult, 20 percent of bone calcium is withdrawn from bones and replaced each year. Thus, every five years the bones are renewed.

This is not true. Perhaps 20% of bone calcium is withdrawn and replaced each year (although this does need a citation), but this does not mean that every five years the bones are completely renewed. Only faulty reasoning leads from one to the other; the same reasoning would lead one to think that a radioactive sample will have completely decayed after two half-lives. Not so. After five years, about 33% of bone calcium will still be in place. Reason is that some of the 20 percent that gets replaced this year is the same calcium that got replaced last year. I'm removing the sentence "Thus, every five years..." to this page. 24.162.120.52 01:54, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possible plagarism

The "Cause" section is nearly identical with the "What Causes" section of this commercial page: http://www.bonespur.com/bone-spur-surgery.html
Somebody is using somebody else's work without attribution.
Also, source number 4, Neurosurgery Today, says nothing about eruptions being a source of bone spurs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jcatkeson (talk • contribs) 14:23, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

Merger Proposal

Bone spur and Osteophyte pages contain virtually the same content. Most referenced sources for each typically reference a bone spur thus: Bone spur (Osteophyte). I propose merging the two pages retaining the most complete work from each. Particlebry (talk) 09:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Bone spur is synonymous with osteophyte. Corta (talk) 04:58, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly Agree --Daydreamer302000 (talk) 08:09, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely Hananekosan (talk) 08:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like this has been resolved and done. I removed the merge template. -- B.S. Lawrence (talk) 18:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where they form

I added clarification to the intro that osteophytes do not only form at joints as they can actually form anywhere on the body. They do usually form at joints, but not exclusively. Hananekosan (talk) 08:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Opening contradiction re: "bone spur" and "osteophyte"

The article opens with "Osteophytes, also known as bone spurs ..." The sentence immediately following, however, is, "There is a great difference between osteophytes and bone spurs."

Well, which is it? Somebody who understands these things should clear this up.

Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.131.32 (talk) 04:07, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

reference link #2 leads to a 404

subject says all.

reference link #2 gives a 404 not found

More images.

Well, I have bone spurs at the proximal joints of several fingers, and at various carpal bones, and on both elbows. If I can find old Xrays of them, would they be of any value on this page? There's only one pic so far and it's not very clear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.212.64.150 (talk) 03:21, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]