Superior effect of arthroscopic lavage compared with needle aspiration in the treatment of inflammatory asthritis of the knee

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-107

  van Oosterhout, M ^a   Sont, J K ^a   van Laar, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic lavage; Joint injection; Knee arthritis; Needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; IRRIGATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0037241376     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg042     Document Type: Article

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