title: [Multiple-modality treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis in the early stages of the disease].
abstract: Psoriatic arthritis is encountered in 7 to 44 percent of psoriatic cases. In managing the condition there arise certain difficulties related to our having no clear idea of the genesis of structural-and-functional changes in the locomotor system as well as in the blending of cutaneous and articular lesions. The study is based on the examination and treatment of 63 patients whose age ranged between 25 to 60 years. Instituted in the patients was a multimodality therapy with medicamentous, physiotherapeutic, and orthopedic treatments having been administered. Persistent lesion of the paraarticular tissues diagnosable clinically and by sonography techniques as well was regarded as a direct indication for sinovectomy that was performed in 8 patients. Therapeutic benefit from treatment occurred in 96 percent of patients.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kvasha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004586:Electrophoresis; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000074402:Synovectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D010743:Phospholipids