Synovectomy of the Knee Joint in Rheumatoid Arthritis

4 January 1964

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 187 (1) , 4-6
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1964.03060140010002

Abstract

Satisfactory results were achieved by synovectomy in 24 of 26 rheumatoid knee joints. Follow-up studies averaged four years. Clinically, synovectomy arrested the rheumatoid process locally and prevented progressive joint destruction. The favorable results suggest that perhaps synovectomy of the knee joint should be performed more frequently in the patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Keywords

ADOLESCENCE
ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID
CASTS, SURGICAL
GERIATRICS
JOINT DISEASES
KNEE
PREOPERATIVE CARE
REHABILITATION
SPLINTS
SURGERY, OPERATIVE
SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
TRACTION

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Regeneration of the synovial membrane following typical synovectomy
The American Journal of Surgery, 1927