Journal article
Débridement and Lavage for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.347(2), pp.132-133
07/11/2002
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020055
PMID: 12110742
Abstract
Approximately 6 percent of the population of the United States 30 years of age or older and 12 percent of those 65 years of age or older have frequent knee pain from osteoarthritis.
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In part because most patients with this disease have not had great benefit from medical treatments, lavage of the joint through a large needle or lavage and débridement by means of arthroscopy have become popular interventions.
In theory, lavage removes debris such as microscopic or macroscopic fragments of cartilage that may induce synovitis,
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a likely source of pain.
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Lavage also removes calcium phosphate crystals that are detectable . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Débridement and Lavage for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Creators
- Joseph BuckwalterDavid T Felson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.347(2), pp.132-133
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMe020055
- PMID
- 12110742
- NLM abbreviation
- N Engl J Med
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/11/2002
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984040487702771
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