SYNOVECTOMY OF THE KNEE-JOINT IN CHRONIC ARTHRITIS
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[Synovectomy of the knee joint in rheumatoid arthritis].
Excision of the diseased synovial membrane from the knee in rheumatoid arthritis was first established as a valuable procedure by Swett in 1923. Eleven of the twelve knees which he described showed a good result when reviewed up to two years later, and he stressed the importance of limiting the operation to patients with no joint destruction. Boon-Itt (1930) reported improvement in two-thirds o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1933
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-193312000-00011