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The clinical significance of the valve mechanism in communicating popliteal cysts

โœ Scribed by Wolfgang Rauschning; Per Gunnar Lindgren

Publisher
Springer
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
472 KB
Volume
95
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-3916

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โœฆ Synopsis

In a previous investigation of 41 patients presenting with distended popliteal cysts, a valvular mechanism was demonstrated in 25 cases by means of a specific arthrographic procedure. In the present study the clinical symptoms and signs from the popliteal space and from the joint were assessed and related to the presence or absence of a valvular mechanism. By arthroscopy or arthrotomy seventeen associated knee disorders were diagnosed, e.g., synovitis, osteoarthritis, and tears of a semilunar cartilage. Intraarticular symptoms and intrinsic joint diseases were significantly correlated to the absence of a valve mechanism. The presence of a valve mechanism was indicative of the absence of pathological findings in the joint.

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Clinical and arthrographic studies on th
Clinical and arthrographic studies on the valve mechanism in communicating popliteal cysts
โœ Per Gunnar Lindgren; Wolfgang Rauschning ๐Ÿ“‚ Article ๐Ÿ“… 1979 ๐Ÿ› Springer ๐ŸŒ English โš– 470 KB

Forty-one knee joints presenting with significant popliteal cysts were examined clinically and arthrographically. The fluid was aspirated from the cysts and replaced by contrast medium of low viscosity. On knee flexion the contrast fluid spontaneously passed over into the joint in 16 cases (no valve