Anterior arthroscopic synovectomy plus capsuloplasty with a pedicle graft for the treatment of rheumatoid popliteal cysts

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1481-1485

  Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamamura, Megumu ^b   Ishii, Seiichi ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthroscopic synovectomy; Capsuloplasty; Outcome studies; Pedicle graft; Rheumatoid popliteal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CAPSULOPLASTY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL CYST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033056386     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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