Synovectomy of the elbow in young hemophilic patients
| Autor: | F Verroust, T. Lambert, M J Larrieu, T Le Balc'h, Y. Laurian, M. Ebelin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Radiography Elbow Arthritis Synovectomy General Medicine Hemarthrosis musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Surgery body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Orthopedic surgery medicine Coagulopathy Upper limb Orthopedics and Sports Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 69:264-269 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9355 |
| DOI: | 10.2106/00004623-198769020-00015 |
| Popis: | Synovectomy of twenty-three elbows was done in eighteen patients, eight to twenty-five years old, who had severe hemophilia and were followed for eighteen to seventy months. Episodes of bleeding recurred in four elbows, and moderate pain persisted in three. A significant improvement in mobility was observed for pronation-supination in nine elbows and for flexion-extension in fourteen. No radiographic evidence of arthritis was seen. Synovectomy of the elbow, performed through a single lateral incision, appears to be a valuable surgical procedure in hemophiliacs in whom non-operative treatment has failed, and resection of the radial head should be done in adults when there is moderate or severe damage to the cartilage of the radial head. |
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