Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease, leading to the destruction of the joints and causing pain, disability, and immobility in the patients. Radiosynovectomy (RSV) has been applied as an effective treatment for the patients with resistant synovitis after failure of long-term pharmacotherapy and intra-articular steroid injection for more than 50 years. Se...

Arthropathy is a serious and common problem in patients with hemophilia impairing the patient’s quality of life seriously. The most commonly affected joints hemophilic arthropathy are knees, ankles elbows. Even single bleeding could cause devastating effects to synovium, cartilage also subchondral bones. Ultrasound magnetic resonance imaging have been advocated for studying damage. Prophylaxis ...

introduction: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most common autoimmune disease, leading to the destruction of the joints and causing pain, disability, and immobility in the patients. radiosynovectomy (rsv) has been applied as an effective treatment for the patients with resistant synovitis after failure of long-term pharmacotherapy and intra-articular steroid injection for more than 50 years. se...

Radiosynovectomy is a novel method of treatment for several acute and chronic inflammatory joint disorders. A small amount of a beta-emitting radionuclide is injected into the affected joint delivering a radiation dose of 70 to 100 Gy to the synovia. The proliferative tissue is destroyed, secretion of fluid and accumulation of inflammation causing cellular compounds stops and the joint surfaces...