Color Turbidity Viscosity Cell count/mm3 Others Normal Amber No High 100 – Chronic polyarthritis Yellow brown, grey Opaque, fluffy Low 5,000–50,000 Rhagocytes +++ Gout Yellow Opaque Low 10,000–20,000 Leukocytes,…
Indications Relative contraindications Absolute contraindications Reactive arthritis Gravidity and breastfeeding Haemarthrosis Arthritic Lyme disease Chronic pyrophosphate arthropathy [4] Seronegative spondyloarthropathy psoriatic arthropathy [19] Local skin infection at the injection site…
Fig. 1 (a) One-year follow-up after fenestration (arrow) of the distal femur and medullary reaming of the whole femur. Patella baja resulting from the accident in the childhood and a…
Fig. 45.1 Long leg X-rays show lateral opening of the joint space and lateral thrust during walking Instability may occur during surgery due to accidental damage of soft tissues. Late…
Fig. 54.1 Limited constrained condylar knee prosthesis, LCCK (Zimmer®, Warsawa, IL USA) Fig. 54.2 Posterior stabilized high flex total knee prosthesis (Zimmer®, Warzawa, IL USA) CCK TKR design guides knee…
Fig. 1 MRI of the right knee confirmed the diagnosis of a predominantly medial osteoarthritis For this indication a medial unicondylar knee replacement (UKR) was performed. As the medial-sided pain…
Fig. 33.1 (a) Wear-induced synovitis (Type I) in hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining (magnification ×100) and (b) under polarized light. The synovial tissue is characterized of macrophages and polynucleus giant cells. PE…
Fig. 42.1 Illustration showing a suprapatellar soft tissue mass, which results from sustained irritation of the quadriceps tendon on the upper edge of the intercondylar box. The soft tissue can…
Fig. 55.1 Hinged knee implants. (a) Rotating hinged knee Endo-Model® (LINK); (b) pure hinged knee Endo-Model® (LINK) 55.2 Clinical Outcome Revision TKR is a domain of constrained and hinged TKR….
Fig. 1 AP (a) and lateral (b) view of the right knee. Femoral and tibial TKR components are uncemented. The lateral view (b) showed a patella baja and aseptic loosening…
