Complex rehabilitation of patients suffering of degenerative dystrophic joint disease with the application of minimally invasive keyhole surgery

During the period of 2004-2009 in the 6th Central Military Clinical Hospital 343 arthroscopy were performed. Control set consisted of 128 patients who refused operative treatment or operative treatment couldn’t be preformed because of contraindications. During the arthroscopy in 74% of cases old laceration of meniscus was diagnosed, in 18% infra-articular osteochondral fragments were eliminated, in 32% of cases arthroscopic synovectomy was preformed, in 10% of cases forage and mikrofrakturing of subchondral bone were performed, chondroplasty and sanitation of joint were done for every patient. Together with it, during the arthroscopy signs of synovitis were diagnosed. The results of treatment were estimated by the scale of Lysholm (1982) and by the scale IKDS (1995) in 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. In 75% the results were good and excellent.

knee joint, arthrosis deformans, arthroscopy, rehabilitation