Clinical and arthrographic studies on the valve mechanism in communicating popliteal cysts
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
- Vol. 95 (4) , 245-250
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00389693
Abstract
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 mechanism), in 7 small amounts of fluid were forced into the joint when the cysts were manually compressed, and in 18 no fluid passage to the joint was observed on manipulation (valve mechanism). When a valvular action was established, effusion in the joint was rare and the fluid from the cyst was usually viscous. The cysts with a valvular connection were significantly larger than those without a valve mechanism. Einundvierzig Kniekehlenzysten wurden arthrographisch untersucht. Nach Abpunktieren des Zysteninhaltes und Einbringen von Röntgenkontrastmittel niedriger Viskosität wurde bei passiver Kniebeugung in 16 Fällen ein spontaner Flüssigkeitsübertritt ins Gelenk beobachtet, in sieben wurde erst nach ausgiebigem Komprimieren der Zysten geringer retrograder Gelenkübertritt erzwungen, in 18 Fällen wurde ein totaler Ventilmechanismus diagnostiziert. Beim Vorliegen eines Ventilmechanismus war der Zysteninhalt meist hochviskös, im Gelenk war kein oder nur geringer Ergut3 nachweisbar, und die Zysten waren signifikant größer als in Fällen, in denen kein Ventilmechanismus vorhanden war. Der prognostische und differentialdiagnostische Wert der Röntgenmethode wird erörtert.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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