OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of radioisotope synovectomy with Yttrium-90 and Rhenium-186 on joints patients chronic hemophilic synovitis.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis using in pediatric hemophilia treated Akdeniz University School Medicine between June 2005 September 2014 was carried out.RESULTS: Eighteen severe (mean age 12.55±4.93 years) underwent a total ...

Hemophilic bleeding into joints causes synovial and microvascular proliferation and inflammation (hemophilic synovitis) that contribute to end-stage joint degeneration (hemophilic arthropathy), the major morbidity of hemophilia. New therapies are needed for joint deterioration that progresses despite standard intravenous (IV) clotting factor replacement. To test whether factor IX within the joi...

BACKGROUND Thromboembolic disease (TED) after knee arthroplasty occurs infrequently in Iran. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of TED in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing knee replacement in Southern Iran while on prophylaxis. MATERIALS & METHODS In a case series study from January to December 2012, 100 consecutive total knee arthroplasty (TKA) candidates were evaluated...

Radiosynovectomy (RSV) is a local intraarticular injection of radionuclides in colloidal form for radiotherapy. First used by Fellinger et al. in 1952, the technique has now been applied for more than 50 y for treatment of resistant synovitis of individual joints after failure of long-term systemic pharmacotherapy and intraarticular steroid injections. RSV relieves pain and inflammation from rh...

Patients with hemophilia suffer from low bone mineral density (BMD) due to several risk factors including arthropathy and resulting immobility. Recent studies have shown variable frequency of low BMD in this group of patients. This study attempts to assess the prevalence of low BMD (osteoporosis and osteopenia) and the associated risk factors in a group of Iranian hemophilia patients. Patients ...

Background: Patellar dislocation accounts for 2–3% of all knee lesions and is the second most common cause traumatic hemarthrosis knee. Proper treatment essential to minimize long term sequelae, such as recurrent dislocation, painful subluxation, osteoarthritis. Aim: The purposes this perspective randomized study were: 1) evaluate mid-term clinical radiological results Elmslie–Trillat procedure...

Hemophilia is an inherited disorder of clotting factor deficiencies resulting in musculoskeletal bleeding, including hemarthroses, leading to musculoskeletal complications. The articular problems of hemophiliac patients begin in infancy. These include: recurrent hemarthroses, chronic synovitis, flexion deformities, hypertrophy of the growth epiphyses, damage to the articular cartilage, and hemo...