title: [Synovectomy in treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases: historical or current?].
abstract: Synovectomy as the oldest "classical" method of arthritis surgery became a subject of controversial discussion during the past decade, especially due to controlled prospective studies published in the English-speaking literature. By analysis of the validity of these studies and respecting the European experience and literature, the arguments for a well timed radical and meticulous synovectomy as an effective and proven local prevention of progressive joint destructions are presented.
authors.affiliation: Rheumaklinik, Bad Bramstedt.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tillmann
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000074402:Synovectomy
vernacular_title: Die Synovektomie in der Behandlung entzündlich-rheumatischer Krankheiten: historisch oder aktuell?