title: The functional treatment of pyogenic arthritis of the adult knee.
abstract: A method of treatment of pyogenic arthritis of the adult knee employing wide open arthrotomy and early active motion, as well as synovectomy in some knees, was used in thirty-four patients with pyogenic arthritis of the knee. Of these patients, sixteen had a good result, twelve had a fair result, and six had a poor result. This method of treatment was used as a salvage procedure in most of the patients, but may have more general application in the treatment of pyogenic arthritis of the knee.
mesh_terms: D000844:Ankylosis / Q000209:etiology; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000601:surgery*; D001174:Arthrodesis; D004322:Drainage; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing