Synovectomy as treatment for purulent joint infection.
Conventional treatment of pyogenic knee joint infections leads to unsatisfactory results. Through early synovectomy, before cartilage damage and osteoarthritis appear, the infected focus can be "excised." Functional after-treatment avoids cartilage atrophy, wound adhesions, and muscle weakness. The excellent results after 26 knee joint infections confirm this.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000382:microbiology