title: Synovectomy as treatment for purulent joint infection.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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