Volume of a wash and the other conditions for maximum therapeutic effect of arthroscopic lavage in rheumatoid knees

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-69

  Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Sakahashi, Hisashi ^a   Hirose, Kazuya ^a   Ishima, Takumi ^a   Ishii, Seiichi ^b  

^a Gorinbashi Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic lavage; High molecular weight hyaluronan; Knee; Rheumatoid arthritis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUCILLAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUVENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645736441     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1143-4     Document Type: Article

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