Logo of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Br)
Joint Replacement Instrumentation Limited (JRI) Ad
Quick search:        
          Advanced Search
Guest Access | Sign In
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow My Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Dick, W. C.
Right arrow Articles by Buchanan, W. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Dick, W. C.
Right arrow Articles by Buchanan, W. W.

EFFECT OF SYNOVECTOMY ON THE CLEARANCE OF RADIOACTIVE XENON (133Xe) FROM THE KNEE JOINT OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

W. Carson Dick 1; A. Shenkin 1; P. Freeman 1; G. Nuki 1; K. Whaley 1; ; and W. W. Buchanan 1

1 Glasgow, Scotland

1. 133Xe clearance rates as a measure of blood flow were determined in the knees oftwo groups of patients.

2. In the first group eight patients with rheumatoid arthritis were studied before, three months after and one year after synovectomy. Blood flow values were significantly lower three months after operation but the values recorded one year after operation did not differ significantly from those before operation.

3. In the second group (twenty-one patients with rheumatoid arthritis) blood flow values were determined two to three years after synovectomy. The values obtained differed from those obtained in normal joints and fell within the range of values obtained in forty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis who did not have synovectomy.
(c) British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery All Rights Reserved
Registered charity no: 209299     Print ISSN: 0301-620X
Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General