Radiosynoviorthesis in haemophilic joint disease.
The effects of radiosynoviorthesis on chronic haemophilic arthropathic joints were studied in six patients with severe haemophilia by a follow up study which spanned two and a half years. On clinical grounds the treatment was successful because pain and bleeding frequency diminished, although radiographic examination showed further deterioration of the treated joint. Chromosome damage was not detected. We conclude that radiosynoviorthesis is apparently changing the bleeding pattern of articular tissues without arresting the destruction and deformation of joints.
D000328:Adult; D000698:Analgesia; D005164:Factor IX / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006048:Gold Colloid, Radioactive / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D006048:Gold Colloid, Radioactive; D005169:Factor VIII; D005164:Factor IX