Open surgical synovectomy of the knee in rheumatoid arthritis
โ Scribed by Jonathan Rush
- Book ID
- 112799260
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 473 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-2530
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Ten surgical anterior capsulosynovectomies following Mori's four-block capsular incision technique in nine rheumatoid patients and 14 arthroscopic synovectomies utilizing a Wolf arthroscope with a large pituitary rongeur or a motorized intra-articular shaver in 11 patients were performed in our depa
## Abstract Sixty knees in 46 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Stages II and III, and severe to moderate synovitis were synovectomized and debrided, and observed for an average of 2.8 years. Improvement was noted in 73% of the knees. This figure diminished with longer followup due to recurr