Open AccessOn conservative treatment of degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the hip and knee joints in adults
Author(s) -
Е А Назаров
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto105106
Subject(s) - medicine , conservative treatment , orthopedic surgery , pathological , surgery , degenerative disorder , pain relief , disease
Out of 360 patients with degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the hip and knee joints who passed through the orthopedic clinic during the five-year period (1984-1988), 175 (48.6%) received conservative treatment. Almost half of the patients had late stages of the pathological process according to the classifications of N.S. Kosinskaya and V.N. Guriev. Their treatment was carried out in accordance with the basic principles developed by Russian scientists. Conservative therapy included unloading of the diseased limb, relief of pain syndrome and improvement of blood circulation in the articular and periarticular tissues.