Yttrium-90 radiation synovectomy in knee osteoarthritis: A prospective assessment at 6 and 12 months

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 472-479

  Chatzopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Moralidis, Efstratios ^b,d   Markou, Pavlos ^c   Makris, Vassilios ^b  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Health Care Unit Management   (Greece)

^d AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Knee pain; Osteoarthritis; Radiation synovectomy; Synovitis; Yttrium 90

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE; YTTRIUM SILICATE Y 90;

AGED; ALLERGY; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREMS RADIATION; BURN; CYST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RADIOSURGERY; SAFETY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 67649649732     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32832b52b9     Document Type: Article

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