Arthroscopic synovectomy in chronic inflammatory rheumatism: clinical and functional aspects
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[Arthroscopic synovectomy in chronic inflammatory rheumatism: clinical and functional aspects].
By now many authors regard arthroscopic synovectomy an integral part of therapeutic treatment of many rheumatic diseases with favourable results on post operating course and clinical picture in the long term. The pathologic synovial tissue during articular inflammatory rheumatism is well known to have a damaging effect responsible of early cartilage injury, as well as symptomatic action (e.g. a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reumatismo
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2240-2683,0048-7449
DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2003.39