Long-term outcomes of arthroscopic debridement of the knee in adults with Kashin-Beck disease: an 18-year follow-up.
J Int Med Res
; 49(10): 3000605211050781, 2021 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is an endemic degenerative joint disease with a high disability rate. We retrospectively evaluated the 18-year clinical follow-up outcomes of adult patients with KBD who underwent arthroscopic debridement for knee osteoarthritis.METHODS:
Thirty-one patients with KBD (31 knees) underwent arthroscopy for knee osteoarthritis. The visual analog scale (VAS) score, walking distance, knee mobility, and patients' self-evaluated improvement in clinical symptoms were retrospectively evaluated before and 18 years after the operation.RESULTS:
The patients' self-evaluated clinical symptoms showed considerable improvement at 2, 6, and 8 years after surgery but deteriorated at 10 and 18 years after surgery. Knee mobility was greater after than before arthroscopy but decreased from 6 to 18 years postoperatively. The VAS score for knee pain was high before the operation, decreased at 2 years postoperatively, increased at 6 years postoperatively, and was significantly lower at 18 years postoperatively than before surgery. The walking distance was significantly longer at 2, 6, and 8 years postoperatively than preoperatively.CONCLUSIONS:
Arthroscopic treatment may be an effective therapy for adult patients with KBD who develop knee osteoarthritis. In this study, arthroscopy had a long-term effect on patients with KBD who had Kellgren-Lawrence gradePalabras clave
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Osteoartritis de la Rodilla
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Enfermedad de Kashin-Beck
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Int Med Res
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China