Prevention of synovitis after surgery of the knee joint
Tarbaev, D.S.; Kirillov, I.B.; Potapov, A.A.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 131(11): 67-69
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 6675263 Document Number: 210411
To prevent postoperative synovitis in 382 patients operated upon for injuries and diseases of the knee joint (traumas of menisci, ruptures of crucial and collateral ligaments, Hoffa's disease etc.) 60 mg of prednisolone was administered into the joint cavity at the end of the operation. The intra-articular injection of prednisolone was shown to considerably reduce incidence of synovitis.