Synovectomy
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| ICD-9-CM | 80.7 |
Synovectomy is the surgical removal of a part of the synovial membrane of a synovial joint.
Indications
It is one of the rheumasurgical treatment options for certain diseases involving the synovium like:
- Severe rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Hemarthrosis
- Synovial osteochondromatosis
- Synovial chondromatosis
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis
Variants
Synoviorthesis, or medical synovectomy, may be achieved with the intra-articular injection of several substances:[1]
- Osmic acid,[2] rifampicin and rifamycin (i.e. chemosynovectomy)
- Yttrium-90, erbium-169, dysprosium-165 and rhenium-186[3] (radiosynovectomy)
References
- ↑ Hochberg Marc C., Silman Alan J. CHAPTER 40: Aspiration and injection of joints.../Synoviorthesis in: Rheumatology, 2008, Elsevier Limited. ISBN 978-0-323-04430-1
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