A total of 187 patients with primary osteoarthritis
(OA) of the knee undergoing total knee replacement (TKR) were randomly
divided into two groups, one of which underwent
We examined the effects of previous resection of the radial head and
We compared inflammation in the knee after total knee replacement (TKR) for primary osteoarthritis between two groups of patients undergoing joint replacement with and without
We describe a case of highly refractory synovial chondromatosis, which recurred despite four arthroscopic
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a
rare proliferative process of the synovium which most commonly affects
the knee and occurs in either a localised (LPVNS) or a diffuse form
(DPVNS). The effect of different methods of surgical synovectomy
and adjuvant radiotherapy on the rate of recurrence is unclear.
We conducted a systematic review and identified 35 observational
studies in English which reported the use of surgical synovectomy
to treat PVNS of the knee. A meta-analysis included 630 patients, 137 (21.8%) of whom had
a recurrence after
1.
The short-term assessment of 14 arthroscopic
1. Opinion is divided as to the value of
1. The follow-up reports of ninety-one joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis and treated by
Our experience of five children with chronic thorn synovitis indicates that removal of free thorn fragments and all the macroscopically abnormal synovium is required in order to achieve a complete cure. Four children required total
The results of thirty
We analysed the results of arthroscopic
1. One hundred and twenty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had
Little is known of the effects of
We reviewed 61 elbow
We have compared the concentrations of stromal-cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), MMP-9 and MMP-13 in serum before and after
Subtotal
1. . 133. Xe clearance rates as a measure of blood flow were determined in the knees oftwo groups of patients. 2. In the first group eight patients with rheumatoid arthritis were studied before, three months after and one year after
1.
1. The results of