Amino Acid Profile of Synovial Fluid Following Intra-articular Ankle Fracture

Post-traumatic Inflammatory Cytokine Profile in Synovial Fluid Following Intra-Articular Ankle Fracture

Does intra-articular fracture change the lubricant content of synovial fluid?

BACKGROUND Lubrication function is impaired and the lubricant content of synovial fluid (SF) changes immediately after plateau tibia fractures. Here, we aimed to analyze the lubricant content of SF at chronic term following plateau tibia fracture. METHODS Forty-eight surgically treated patients without joint incongruency (<2 mm displacement) were included in the study. Joint aspiration had be...

Importance of synovial fluid aspiration when injecting intra-articular corticosteroids.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective study was to find if a complete synovial fluid aspiration before injecting intra-articular corticosteroids influences the treatment result. METHODS The study was performed in 147 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One hundred and ninety one knees with synovitis were randomised to arthrocentesis (n=95) or no arthrocentesis (n = 96) before 20 mg triam...

Serial studies of synovial fluid in evaluating intra-articular agents.

One of the most difficult problems in the study of rheumatic diseases is the evaluation of an antiinflammatory response. That this is true in intraarticular as well as systemic therapy is illustrated by the divergence of results reported in the literature. For example, Cohen and others (1954) concluded, by purely clinical evaluation in a large number of patients, that cortisone acetate was equa...

Extra-articular synovial fluid extravasation following operative fixation of an osteochondral fracture of the patella.

Osteochondral fracture of the patella following a lateral patellar dislocation can be treated with operative and nonoperative techniques that are dictated by the clinical presentation. In the presence of large fragments following acute fractures, arthroscopic retrieval and fixation are advocated, whereas smaller displaced fragments may be removed and discarded as loose bodies. Several methods o...