The pattern of meniscus damage in the rheumatoid arthritis

✍ Scribed by Chihiro Kimura; Kauko Vainio

• Book ID: 104765817
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 367 KB
• Volume: 83
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00416064

✦ Synopsis

Forty-seven knees with rheumatoid arthritis were synovectomized. The changes at the cartilage surface were always more grave when seen at the operation as was expected from the conventional X-rays. On the other hand degenerative changes of the menisci were more advanced than those in the cartilages. An important destructive factor was the almost constant pannus-filled erosion found at the upper corner of the tibia under the menisci. Thus, it is indicated to remove the menisci if they show a slightest degree of destruction.