Twenty-three operations of synovectomy (15 on the knee, 5 on the ankle, and 3 on the elbow) were carried out over a three-year period in 19 patients with severe haemophilia A and B who were followed for an average period of 15 months postoperatively. Short-term evaluation of the results was mainly based on the postoperative incidence of haemarthrosis and on the range of joint motion, which were...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether MRI is able to demonstrate the effect of radiation synovectomy after the intra-articular injection of holmium-166-chitosan complex for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the knee. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen patients aged 36-59 years were treated with 10-20 mCi of holmium-166-chitosan complex. A criterion for inclusion in this study was the absence of o...

The purpose of the study was to assess the outcomes of knee synovectomies in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Thirty-one arthroscopic synovectomies were performed in 19 children (six oligoarthritis, 20 polyarthritis, five psoriatic arthritis). The percentage of recurrence in the group with oligoarthritis was 67%, in the group with polyarthritis was 95%, whereas all psoriatic arthrit...

This report describes the case of a young male who had been followed-up between the ages of 14-21 years at different health facilities for symptoms initially considered to be caused by tumor, then by chronic osteomyelitis or ankylosing spondylitis and finally diagnosed as the SAPHO syndrome. Musculoskeletal symptoms of the SAPHO syndrome include focal, probably aseptic chronic osteomyelitis, sy...

55Fe-labelled transferrin was injected into the synovial fluid before synovectomy in 6 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The results show that transferrin iron is taken up by synovial macrophages.

Rheumatoid arthritis can manifest itself through synovitis, of which the knee is the common locale. The treatment using an intra-articular radioisotope injection has been applied in various countries. In this work, the dose of radioactive material absorbed in the joint is evaluated, taking into consideration the dose received in the articular cartilage and adjacencies using a three-dimensional ...