title: Synovectomy in bacterial arthritis.
abstract: Twenty patients with bacterial arthritis with either delay in diagnosis or no response to treatment are presented. Synovectomy, even when performed after 5 days and up to 4 weeks later, could prevent joint destruction in the knee but not in the hip. The average follow-up time was 5 (2-9) years.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000601:surgery*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery; D000074402:Synovectomy