[Results of knee joint arthrolysis surgery (author's transl)].
This work reports the results of operative treatment of knee-stiffness from 1973-1981 in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Kiel. 42 out of 46 occurrences of age, were post-operatively controlled. In most cases the stiffness was of traumatic origin. In more than one half of the cases the pre-operative controlled. In most cases the stiffness was of traumatic origin. In more than half of the cases the pre-operative degree of motion was less than 60 degrees. Intraarticular revision alone or extraarticular revision alone or a combination of both and other bone surgery was performed in approximately 1/4 of the patients respectively. The absolute range of motion, an average of 58 degrees pre-operatively, improved to 114 degrees post-operatively. The mean relative improvement of motion, in regard to a norm of 140-0-0 degrees, was 68% at discharge. Among our patients complication were seldom. In our opinion operative arthrolysis in indicated cases is a tried and proven method for treatment of stiff knees.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications
Ergebnisse operativer Kniegelenkarthrolysen.