arthritic kneeconsentpatient assessmenttreatment optionsOsteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is an important cause of morbidity and significantly affects quality of life. A large proportion of the population seek medical attention for this condition. There is also a significant economic burden for the health...
Depending on the cause and severity of their knee pain, for example, patients have treatment options that range from physical therapy to injections of various medications to surgery. All have pros and cons; steroid injections can provide quick but short-lived pain relief, while a k...
Understanding the options for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee will allow physicians to help their patients realize the physical and social demands of healthy life. Weight loss,physical therapy and unloading braces are clinically proven strategies in the early stages of the disease. Acetaminophen...
heart, kidney or even kneecartilagecells. Stem cells can come from fetal tissue, including products of in-vitro fertilization as well as placenta and umbilical cord tissue. They can also come from a patient's own "hidden" adult stem cells, which are most often harvested...
High-resolution NMR imaging of an antigen-induced arthritis in the rabbit knee. The separation of the various time courses of the inflammatory changes may be of value in understanding the model and evaluating potential anti-arthritic ... D Checkley,D Johnstone,K Taylor,... - 《Magnetic Resonan...
After washing, the knee and hind paws from each rat were processed, sectioned, and stained with Hematoxylin & Eosin for subsequent microscopic evaluations. A veterinary pathologist scored the sections of knee and hind paws for inflammation, pannus formation, cartilage destruction, periosteal bone ...
Cole BJ, Karas V, Hussey K, Pilz K, Fortier LA. Hyaluronic acid versus platelet-rich plasma: a prospective, double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing clinical outcomes and effects on intra-articular biology for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Am J Sports Med. 2017;45(2):339–46...
The article presents abstracts on arthritis-related topics which include the analysis of the results of a consecutive series of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasties, the application of tricompartmental knee replacement to patients with medial and lateral-compartment disease in association with ...
1. Describe the indications for unicompartmental femorotibial knee arthroplasty; 2. Describe the key technical points during surgery for patellofemoral replacement.Jean Noel A. ArgensonSebastien ParratteAntoine BertaniThe Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume...
However, no evidence indicates that arthroscopic procedures can predictably serve as long-term treatment options in the management of the arthritic knee.doi:10.1097/00001433-200002000-00003David, TalGambardella, Ralph A.Current Opinion in Orthopaedics...